This is an analysis of the poem O Jesu, Som Har Elsket Mig that begins with:

O Jesu, som har elsket mig,
Ja med saa overmaade...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbbcX dXXXXXXXD XXXXXXXXX eXXXXXXXX XXXXaXXad XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXdXXXXdX eXXXdXXdX XXcXXXXXX XXXXXXXfX XXXXXcXXc XXXXXXXXX XXXfXXXdX fXfXXXXdD XXXXXddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 111100 10010000 110011 111111110 1100010 1110 11111 111110 11110001 1111110 11011101 11101 110111111 110110 111 11101 11011 10110011 1111010 1111111 1111010 11111101 1111 101 11100 110111 1111111 11011 1111110100 1111 1111111 110111 110 11101 1111 11110100 11111 1111001 110111 111111 11111 110 110111 1111 11110011 011101 11001100 111111 11111100 11110 101 111101 111111 111111101 11101 1110111 1111 111111111 11011 111 11111 101111 1111111 11111 101111 111111 1011111 110111 10 110001 111111 11111111 110111 11110111 11111 1111101 110110 101 101111 111110 111111111 111110 1111111 1111100 11011101 11101 111 11111 11110 10011011 11101 11111101 1111 11001111 1111011 101 1111 11111 10111110 110011 10111111 11111 1111101 1111111 1110 111111 11011 111011 11111 11011111 11111 1111111 111111 111 11011111 11100 0111101 11111 1111111 1111 10111100 110111 110 110111 111110 11111011 110011 11111101 11101 11111111 110111 111 1111 11011 111111 110111 11110010 11111 11110011 11111 111 1111110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 153
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, mig, jeg, min, re, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words saa, min 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.

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

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