This is an analysis of the poem Den Troe, Som Jesum Favner that begins with:

Den troe, som Jesum favner,
Og hiertet reense kand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXXXX XXXcXXXb XXXXXXXX XXXdXXXe XXfXXXXX XXXXXeXe XXXXbXXX fXXXaXaX XbXXXXaX XXXXgXXX abXXebbX fXfbXXfX bXbXcXXa XXXXdXXd XXXXXXbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 11011 1110110 11011 110111 11010 110111 1111 11011 111101 110111 111101 111111 1111 111111 111101 111111 11011 111111 110101 110111 111111 110111 110111 111110 010111 1101000 11111 10111 111101 111100 111101 1111110 110101 0111110 11011 111011 111111 11111 11101 1111 010111 11111 11111 11111 110011 110111 111110 1111010 11011 110100 110111 11111 11011 111111 110111 1101110 101111 1101110 11101 1101110 1101000 111010 110101 111110 110111 111110 11111 110101 1101110 1101010 111111 101111 111101 0111 1101 11111 11101 11110 10111 1111010 11111 1011010 110101 11111 111101 011101 011101 1111110 11111 1101110 010111 11111 11110 1111110 1111 111011 0111 110111 11101 11011 11111 11101 11010 11011 11011 111111 11111 111011 1101110 111100 1111 111111 0011111 111111 11111 11111 111110 110101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, og, at, du, ney are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words saa, den, som, jo, du are repeated.

    The author used the same word den at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).

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