This is an analysis of the poem Guds Engel Sidder Paa Gravens Bredd that begins with:
Guds Engel sidder paa Gravens Bredd,
I Hvidt med Straale-Krandsen,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101101 111110 11101101 101010 110010111 11101 1101011111 101100 10011101 110011111 1000 110111101 1101110 110101111 1001100 100111101 110101 1000011101 110101 110011111 11001111 1000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; de is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word halleluja at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase tilbeder connects the lines.
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- Analysis of Guds Ord Blev Aldrig Bundet
