This is an analysis of the poem Skjønne Guddomsstraale, Glæde! that begins with:
Skjønne Guddomsstraale, Glæde!
Datter af Elysium!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXAb XXXcXXXd XXXXX XXXXecXX XXXAb XXXXbXXX XXXXX XXXeXcXX XXXeX XXXdXXXX XXXaX XXXcXXXX XXaXb XXbXXXXX XXXXX XcXcXXXX XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 1010100 1011 101100 111001 0110100 1110111 110100 1 1010100 111101 1010101 111010 1110111 1010100 1111110 111101 1111110 1111100 11111110 1101 1 1010100 10110 111011 0111010 1111 1100100 1111111 1110011 1101110 1111101 10101010 1100111 1 11100 1001101 1010101 11110010 1000001 111010 1110101 111100 10111010 111100 101110 101111 1 111011 111100 111110 101110 1110101 1011100 1011111 1011101 1111010 110111 11001010 1011100 1 1010100 111011 1010111 10111010 101111 101111 1111111 10111 1111110 11111 101111 101111 1 111010 1001101 0110101 1011110 111100 11111 10101000 1011111 111101 1011101 111011 01111 1 1110000 10111 111010 1111010 1011101 1001100 1010110 111111 1111111 101110 1011001 100110 1 111110 11011 101111 111011 1111 1110111 111101 111111 11101 111101 1101101 101011 1 1011101 1010100 1011101 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 117
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; gl, dig, og, tr, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hylder, hisset, dig are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ved connects the lines.
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