This is an analysis of the poem Fader, Søn Og Hellig-Aand that begins with:

Hvad forklarer Rigets Gaade,
Vel usynligt, dog fuldstort?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXX XbXXXXc XXXXXXX XXXdXXX XXXXXXX aXXbXXX eXXXXXX eXeXXXX XXebXXX XdXXXXX XXXXXXaX XfXXfXXX XXbXbXXX XXfXaXXg XXbXXXgX XXbXXfff XXXXhhff XXcXXXXX gXgXXXXX XXfcXaeX aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 1100110 1110111 1111100 1110101 1101111 1010111 11101100 1111101 10111000 1110111 1110101 1111101 1111001 1010101 011101 101111 1011101 111111 1011101 101111 11011010 111111 1110110 11111 11101110 11001010 1110101 11101110 1011101 1011110 111111 10101010 1011110 111101 1011011 101111 10011010 1011101 1010110 111101 1111101 101110 1110101 1111010 111101 111111 1111111 1011101 10111010 1110111 1111110 1111101 1011101 1010011 110100 11101100 1011100 1100010 1011111 1101001 1011101 1110100 11101011 1110101 110111 1011101 1111111 101011 1011100 1011101 111011 101001 11011 1111111 110001 111110 111110 1100101 1111011 101111 111101 1110101 11011 01101000 11100100 101011 1100111 101111 101111 1011011 111110 110100 1011101 100111 1011101 11111 1011110 1110011 1011011 1110111 111101 1000101 1001111 1111111 110110 101111 1010001 1110101 1111101 1010111 101011 1011111 1001111 111011 11011 11111010 1111110 101111 11110 111111 10100110 1010111 1010101 1110111 1110101 101011 1010001 1010001 1010010 1011111 1001111 11101011 1010111 1011111 1111110 101101 1100110 1111101 111101 11111100 10111000 10111 1011111 111100 110011 1110111 0100111 1101110 11100110 1110011 101101 1100111 101111 1011101 1011101 1111110 10111010 001111 1001111 1001101 101101 1111101 101100 1111100 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 183
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; ei, i, d, og, du are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lger, de, n, re, d are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word re at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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