This is an analysis of the poem En Aandelig Sang that begins with:

Hvorhen? — Fortvivlede, hvorhen? -
Hvi flyer du din troefaste Ven? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XXXXbX XXXXcX XdXXeX XaXXXX XXXbbX XfXeXX XXXXXX XXXXXX aXXcXg XaXXXX XXXXXX XcXhXX XXXiiX eeXXXX XXXXfX XXXXaX gXXXcd XeXXXX eXXXXX jjXXXX jjXXaX aaXaaX iiXXXX XXhXjh eeXXgX ccXXXh XXXXXX XXXeXX XghkkX XXXXaX bXhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 11001101 110100 1101111 111111 1101000 1111100 1101111 11111 1111111 11011111 1001 1111111 1111111 110111 11110111 111111 110011 11110101 11011101 111101 1110111 1111011 11010 11011100 11110111 110111 11011110 1101011111 101011 1111111 11111111 101111 110011101 1111101 111111 10011110 10101100 100011 11011111 1111111111 101111 111111 1110111 10111 11110111 11011111 1000110 1111100101 11011011 11011111 1111111 110111100 11111 111011111 1111111 11011 01010111 11011101 111101 11011101 1110111 11011 1101101 111110 101011 1101011 1101100 1001100 11110100 01010101 1111110 1110011 1101010 11110100 10111100 1110100 1101 11000111 11111111 11101 1111111 1111101 1101010 10111001 101101 110111 11010111 111110 11101 1101011 111011 111110 11101110 11101010 111101 11100010 10110111 110100 10110111 10010111 1111100 01111101 1111011 11111 10111101 1011111 11001 1101111 0101111 01111 110011101 1111111001 11101 1011111 1111111 110111 11110111 1001111111 11111 1111111 111011 11011 11010111 11010111 111010 1101111 1001111 111110 11101111 1111111111 11110 111111 1101111 110101 0111111 110111111 111110 1110111 1101101 111101 1111111 1110111 110101 110111 1110111 110110 11001100 1111111 1110110 1101011 1111101 101111110 1111011 1001011 1111010 1101111 1110110 11111 1100101 1111111 0110110 1000110 110111110 111110 11011110 1101111101 110101 11111111 11111111 101110 1001111 11100111 111010 110110 1111111 1111010 11111111 111111 110110 10111101 11110011 10111 11110111 1101001111 111101 1100101 1111111 1111010 11111111 11011111 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 214
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dem, din, min, til, du, hvad, skal, dit, d, h, kan are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, jeg, den, hvad, kan, du, ved, mon, mig are repeated.

    The author used the same word h 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 st, d, k are repeated).

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  • summary of En Aandelig Sang;
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