This is an analysis of the poem O Gud! Hvad Est Du Meer End Skiøn that begins with:

O Gud! hvad est du meer end skiøn,
O du Gud Fader, og Guds Søn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXbbXXXX XXXXcXddXaXX XXXXXeXcXXXX XcXXXXaaXXXX XXXccXXXXXXX bbeXXXXbXXXX ffXffeXXXXfX XXXXXXXeaXXX XcXXXeXbXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101011 10110111 110110 11001101 1101101 110011 11 11 1100 101 111 1011001 100110111 111011 11110 1101111 111111 101111 10 11 0110 1110 110 1101010 10111101 1111110 111010 11110101 1111111 1111110 11 11 111 111 111 1010010 11011111 101111 11101 1111100 11011111 1111011 11 11 100 11 0110 101001110 00111011 111111 11111 10110111 11011101 111111 11 11 111 111 111 1011110 11111111 110111011 111110 11111111 10110100 1111010 11 11 110 111 11 1111111 11111101 1101101 100100 11111111 111111 1111110 11 01 1110 1110 11111 1110100 1111111 11111101 111001 111011 1111101 11101 11 110 1010 1110 110 1011111 11111101 111101 011000 110111 1111101 110110 11 11 1010 1010 11 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; hvor, dit, man, jeg, dig are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, hvor, hver, jeg are repeated.

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

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  • summary of O Gud! Hvad Est Du Meer End Skiøn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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