This is an analysis of the poem Hvordan Takke Vi Vor Herre that begins with:

Hvordan takke vi vor HErre,
For Hand gav sin Søn herned,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX bcXcXXXX XXXadXXX XeXeddXX XXXXXfXX XXaXfXXX XXXXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110 1111110 11111 1111100 10111 1001101 1110101 11111 1110110 1111101 101101 1001101 1101101 1010111 1111101 1010101 1011110 111001 1111101 1110011 11111 1010111 1011111 10111 10011010 1010101 10101100 1110111 111101 1111101 101111 1101110 1011111 1010101 1110010 101001 101101 1110101 1010001 111101 101011 101011 1011011 1111111 101111 111111 1011100 101101 1110110 101011 111001 111110 101101 111111 111101 1111101 1110110 110111 1010101 111111 1110111 101111 10111010 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; at, vil are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase vil connects the lines.

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