This is an analysis of the poem Følelser Ved Den Hellige Nadvere that begins with:

Brødre, hvis er den Glands? — Seer I det herlige
Purpurskier, som min Siel gysende svømmer i;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXXXcXdXXXX XXaXXdXXXXXXXXdXXXXXbXXXdXXXcXXXX cXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,33,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111110 1001111011 111010101001 101011101101 1010111111 10101101111 1111111011 110011111 11111111001 111011111001 111001111 11111111100 1100011110 10100110111 11000111101 1101111111110 1010110010 11111101001 011111011 1101111101 1101110111 10101110110 1101110101 1101110110 1111100110 111111111 1101111101 10101110110 11111110101 10101111001 11001111110 11001100100 11101111101 1100110100111 11111101111 101011111 11111110101 1111111100 101111111 1111111111 111111111101 11101111101 11111111101 1110111111 11111111111 11111110111000 1110111000 110011111101 111111101001 111011101 1100111110 11011101111 10101110110 11111111 11101101111 1100111011111 11001111100 11101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 911
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; mig, jeg, den, ham, sin, med, mod are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Følelser Ved Den Hellige Nadvere;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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