This is an analysis of the poem Gud-Fader Udsendte Sit Naadens-Ord that begins with:

Gud-Fader udsendte sit Naadens-Ord,
Og Menneske blev den Eenbaarne,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XaXXaXX XXXXXXX aXXXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101 1101110 1101101111 10011010 1101101101 10001011 11011 1101101111 11110001 110101100 110101 110101111 110101111 1100101 110101101 11011110 11011111 1111011 1101101111 1001111001 110001 11111011 11010100 11101101 11101100 1100101111 110110111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word gud at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
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