This is an analysis of the poem Hedningernes Frelse that begins with:

Et Passions Oratorium
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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XXXXX aXbXXacXXXXX XXXXX aXXXXXXdXXXXXXXdXXX XXXXX aXX aXX aX aX XX ae aX XX XXXXXXXfXXXXX XgXhihXXXX fXXXXX jfXXXddX Xh jkddeh XX jgXAXXXh XXXXh jXAX XXi jX XX jX Xh XXXXh jXXXXl XXX jXkXXkXXhXd XXX jX XXXi jXXXXX X XXXXXiXXXiXiiijkX jX XXXXXXlXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,12,5,19,5,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,13,10,6,8,2,6,2,8,5,4,3,2,2,2,2,5,6,3,11,3,2,4,6,1,17,2,13,9,4,5,2,3,2,2,4,2,2,5,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,2,8,2,2,2,2,2,11,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101000 10100 10100010110101 101001 01011011 11010 11100 10 11111111110 111111110 110110111 110011011 011111010 1101011001 111110011 111111011 110111110110 11010111110 1101101101 100 11111010 1101010 1101111 101100 100 1011111110 1110011110 110101011 1101111 110101111 11100111 1111110110 11111011010 1011111100 10111011 1111111110 1111111 110110010 1111011 1111110110 110101100 111110101 111001111 100 1101101 111011 11010111 11110101 10 11111010 1101010 100 1101111 101100 10 1101 100 101 1 111011 10 11010 100 111 1 11110101 11010 1100110111 0110110010 1101111 111111101 11011001 11111111 110010011 1111100 1111111 11111101110 11010110 1101111110 10 100 11011110 101011 101110 10101 11111111 1111101 10111 111111 1110010111 1101111110 11110111110 11011111110 11011011 10011 010 11111 1100111111 10011111110 1110111110 1111111010 11100111010 1111011111 10 111011 010 1111 1011111110 110111110 10011101 1 10 10111001 010 100 11011001 111111 11111001 11011110 101110110 11011011 10 11011011 1011011 11101 11111011 010 11011001 111111 11111001 10 11011110 101 010 110 10 110 010 110 10 11011 1 11011011 1011011 11101 11111011 010 1111011 1111111100 11011111100 111111111 1110110 10 110 1101111010 010 11011100 1101111001 111011110 0111111110 111001111 1110111110 111110111 11110111 1111101001 01110111010 10 111111101 10111111 010 110111 10 11011 111110001 1111110111 010 100 1111111 11011100 11010100 1110101 01010 10 111110 1111111011 1111111101 010111111 111011111 101111111 1111110101 1111001111 1111011111 1111111110 1111111111 1101100111 110111111 011111100 111011111 0111011111 010 1111101110 10 1011101110 111111111 11110111100 11111101110 111111100 11010110111 10111011 1111111110 111111101 111100111100 111111110 11101111 100 11101010 110111101 111111100 1111111 11110111 111111 11111111 110111 010 1101111 1111110 0111111111 10 11110111 1101111111 111111111 11110111 010 10 11010 10110 1101111110 010 010 10 110 11010 110 11101111 110101110 10 11111110 010 11101101 101100 10 1 11010111 11110101 11010 11111111010 10 1001 111110 010 11 100 111101 1111 10 11 101100 111101 1111 01010111010 1101010 101100 011010 010 1110011111 11011110 110011111 111101111 0011001101 110111110 1111111111 101100 11010111111100 01010111010 110 10 10101011 010 11 10 11011110 100 11011111100 1110111010 1111100111 1101111101 11100111000 110101110 11010110 111101100 1111100 1111101000 11100 011111 1010000 1011111 111101 11111000 11000100 10100 1010100 1111111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 68
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 313
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, seer, du, og, den, hvori, hvor, han, af, dig, det, d, min, til, h, at, r, o, hellig, er, gaaer are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, hvori, see, hvor, jeg, i, og, kun, cornelius are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines guddom, fader, ngsel, d, mme, porcia, soldat, cornelius, ye are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cornelius connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Hedningernes Frelse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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