This is an analysis of the poem Psalme [jeg Har En Angst Som Aldrig Før] that begins with:
Jeg har en Angst som aldrig før,
Som stod jeg foran Dødens Dør...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbb ccXXcc XXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 11110110 111111 1111100 1111101 11010111 11111111 1111111 01011110 1111110101 11111111 10011101 111111 1111111 1100111 1111111 11111111 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, mig, l are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r, l are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase l connects the lines.
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- central theme;
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