This is an analysis of the poem Over M. B** that begins with:
Almagts Ord, du store Anker,
Du, som Verden hviler ved,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXaXbXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XbXXXbXX XXXcXaXa XXXcXXXX XdXdXaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110 0110101 1111110 111100 1111101 1011100 10111111 101111 111111 111110 1110111 111010 1111110 1101100 11111000 111010 111111 11010 101101 111100 1010111 111101 1110110 1110100 1111101 111001 1011101 111111 1111001 1111101 1111111 1110100 111111 1110111 1100011 1110101 1101001 11110010 11110110 111111 111111 100101 1110110 111111 111110 110110 11101110 1101111 1111110 101100 111110 110101 1110101 11111010 11111010 1110110 1010110 111111 11110110 1011001 111111111 1011110 11111110 1111101 101011 1010111 1111101 11111111 11111 10101010 1010110 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; har, d, min are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, til are repeated.
The author used the same word salige at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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