This is an analysis of the poem Sørge-Digt Over Frue Rahbek that begins with:
O! Viisdoms Dyb! hvori Cheruber svimle
O Vei! hvis Maal kun den Alviise veed,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaXXbXbXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXcXXXXXXXXXXXcXXbXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 88,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101001 111111101 10111111 01010100 111011101 1111011111 111101111 111110111 111101110 1110111 11101110 111011100 110111110 11111101 111110110 111110111 11111111 111111101 11011011111 110011111 111001111 101111111 1101011110 1111110111 011111110 111101111 1110011110 110110111 11011111010 111101111 1011101100 111101101 01100111 110110111 1111010111 1010110111 1001010100 1110001111 1101010110 010111110 01110100 1101101101 10110111100 1101111 01101111 0111011 101111110 011110111 1101110010 111111011 1101100010 11001111 1111010110 111111101 1111111110 1111011011 1111111010 1011011011 1111111110 110111111 1010111 1111010111 1111010111 111110100 1111110010 1101110110 111110011 1111110100 101111111 10111111111 1111110111 011011111 1111111 1101011001 1110101001 111111000 111001111 11011101 11101111 11101011 1111001110 1110101011 11001001110 110111101 0010011110 1111111000 101110111 11111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3574
- Average number of words per stanza: 721
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; o, t, r, st, re, at, og, d, du, som, kan, hun, til, vi are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, og, forgi, kan, til are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases d, vi connect the lines.
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