This is an analysis of the poem O! Hvilken Ære that begins with:

O! hvilken ære,
Og all begrib for stor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXXXX XXXcXXdXdX XXXeXfXXdf XgXgXfXXXX XhghXaXXXa XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XcXcXXXgXg XgXgXXXXXe XgXXXbXXXb XXeXXXXgXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 111011 1111 11101 11010 110110 11010 110110 11010 11011 1110 11001 1110 11111 11110 111101 1110 11011 11110 110111 1111 11011 1101 11101 10100 11101 11110 110111 1110 101111 111 110101 1101 110111 01010 110101 11100 11011 11110 110110 1101 11101 1101 110111 11010 110011 11010 100111 1110 110101 1110 110110 1101 110110 11010 110101 11100 111101 11010 110111 1110 11011 111 110101 011 110100 1101 11111 1101 11111 1111 110111 101 10111 1001 110100 11110 11111 11100 110111 11110 100001 11100 1111 1110 01111 1110 110111 1110 11100 1111 1111 1111 11111 1101 110101 1111 11101 1100 111101 1101 11111101 111 01101 1111 110111 1111 11101 1111 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • 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; og is repeated.

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

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

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