This is an analysis of the poem Himmelsk Kjærlighed that begins with:

Jord og Himmel ere skilt som tvende;
Lad ei daarligt os forvexle dem!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXa XbcbXXX XXXXXXX dadXXae XXXXXXX XaXXbXc XcXcXXX XfXfXXX XXXXXXe XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 11101101 10101101 11101111 111011101 11011101 1111101 101111010 111110000 11110110 1110111 11110110 1110101010 111010101 11011110 11111101 10101111110 11110101 11101111110 101011010 1111101100 101110111 111011101 01101111 01111010 111010011 10111101 11001101 111111010 11111100 1111111110 11101011 1111110 111010111 111110110 110111 11101011111 100001101 11101101 11011101 01010101 11110100 111001101 101010101 11111111 11010101 1011101 11111011 111011101 111111010 111011111 1010001100 10110101 1111111 1111011 1101111 10110101 11111101 11101111 11110111 11111101 1110111111 101011111 11111111 1111111111 1111111 11101101 10010111 101111101 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Himmelsk Kjærlighed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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