This is an analysis of the poem Hør Dog, O Hør Dog Den Himmelske Vægter that begins with:

Hør dog, o hør dog den himmelske Vægter,
Du søvnige Jord,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaXX XXXXXXXX XbXbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 011 111011011 1101 1011111011 11001 10111011 11001 101101001 1111 111111111 1101 1011110010 11001 10110110010 11010 011010110 11011 11111101 11001 1111001001 1101 111111001 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; h is repeated.

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