This is an analysis of the poem Guds Naade-Soels Aarvaagenhed that begins with:

Guds Naade-Soels Aarvaagenhed,
Dens Omhu og dens Møie,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXX XXXXXXX XbXbccb dXdXeeX aXfXddX XXXXfXX XgagXXX XbXbaXb XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 110111 11111111 111101 11110111 100111 110111 11010110 111101 11011111 111101 1101100 11011101 101110 11011101 110111 11011101 11111 11010111 11011101 110111 11011101 110111 1111111 110110 1101111 11001111 111111 10111101 11110 11111111 11111 11111101 11011001 110111 11010100 110111 111111 101101 011111 1111110 11011 11101111 11111 11011101 110111 10111110 10011111 111011 11111111 111111 1101111 11111 11111111 11111110 111101 11101111 111111 1111011 11111 11110111 1111101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; vi, den, og, det are repeated.

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

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

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