This is an analysis of the poem Taus Tilbedelse that begins with:

Den høieste Begeistrings Himmel-Elv
Henrinder uden Sprudlen i sig selv,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXbX cXcXXXdX XXXXXc XXXXeXXXXXXXbfXXXefeXgXgXXXXXXXXXdXXXcXcXXc XXXXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,6,43,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 1001010111 11010100111 11011110111 111101110101 11010111 1011011 1111111111 11101110110 1110011100100 1101110101 1001011111 1100100101 110111111 111011101 111011100 1111010 11101011110 110101001 1101011101 111110111 110100111101 111101110101 111111111111 1111100101 110110101 1111110111 111101011 110101111 110111011 111111010 110000110 1111111100 11101010 111111100 11110111111 111111110 11011111 110111110 111110011 1101000100 11110011 1101011001 1100011101 1111111 1101101111 1101110101 110011101 11111100 10100110101 11110001010 110111101 110101111 110111011 111111110111 110000111 1111110000 1010100 1101110110010 11010010 111100011 1110111 111100111 11011111 1111111110110 111111110110 10011100011 111001001 1001010111 1101011111 1100111111 1111110101 11011001 101110111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 584
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, i, de, h, som, og are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Taus Tilbedelse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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