This is an analysis of the poem St. Johannes that begins with:

St. Johannes, Jesu fromme Ven,
Guds Apostel, Menighedens Støtte,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 110010001 11011111 111011101 10111110 101101101 111110001 1111010 11111111 1111110 1011101 11111111 111011110 1101110 1100110010 101101110 111111001 111111100 11110101 111010111 11101011 101001111 101110101 11111101 11100111101 111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 910
  • Average number of words per stanza: 175
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; paa, det, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word snart is repeated.

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

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