This is an analysis of the poem Gak Hen I Gethsemane that begins with:

Gak hen i Gethsemane,
Siæl! og see,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXXX ccXXXXX XddXXXX eXXaXXX XcXXXfX XXfbXXX XXXXXXX aaXXXXX XgXXXXX XhXbXgX XXXXXfX XXhbXXb cXXieei cccXbXX XjXXkkX ffXjbXj XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 111 1110101 111110 111 111 11010 1011101 111 11110 1001101 111 101 1101 1110110 101 101101 0110111 101 11 1101 1111101 100 1110101 1111011 111 110 1101 11110 11 101111 11111100 101 101 11100 11111 101 111111 11111010 111 101 111 111001 101 1011101 1110111 101 101 1101 11011 11 11111 1101101 11 101 1101 110110 11 101101 101101 111 101 1111 1001101 101 1111110 1111110 11 11 11100 1111111 110 111111 1110111 111 111 1111 1001101 111 1010101 1000110 101 111 11010 1011101 111 1111100 111001 111 101 1101 1111111 110 1111111 1011111 110 010 1110 10111 111 1111110 1110111 101 100 1110 1110111 111 1110101 101011 1110 111 1101 1111100 111 111111 11101100 111 111 11010 111111 111 1111101 1011111010 111 111 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 127
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, for, kom are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ski, for, kom are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines v, r, t, d are repeated).

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