This is an analysis of the poem Høiere End Huus Og Hall that begins with:

Høiere end Huus og Hall,
Drot i Himmel-Sale!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXX bXXXXXX cXcXXXX XXXXXXX XdXXXXX XecedXX XXcXXeX cXcXeXb XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 11101 1111111 11110 111111 1010101 11111 100111 1111 10111 1011 1111111 110111 00101 1111111 1010 11111 11101 111111 011010 1111 111111 10101 1110110 0110 11111 1110110 01110 1100011 10111 1001111 1101 011101 1111101 11111 1110101 1111 111011 1111 1101110 1011011 1110 1011111 10111 1111111 11101 101111 111111 11110 11111 11111 1110011 11111 1110111 1110111 11011 0010001 10101 1110101 01111 111111 1111 1101 1011110 101010 1011010 110100 10101010 1111111 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • 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; vi, er are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vi, vore, da are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rk, r, d are repeated).

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