This is an analysis of the poem Hører Til, I Høie Himle that begins with:

Hører til, I høie Himle!
Hører til, I Engle-Chor!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXX XbXbXXXX cXcXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXbbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 111101 10111 111111 101111 11111 1111010 1011010 1011001 10111 11111 1111101 1110001 1100011 1100101 11110 1111010 11111 101110 100111 101011 11101 1111111 110111 1111110 1011101 1110110 1111011 1110111 101111 01011100 01011010 111011111 111111 111111 1111101 111111 111101 1111111 1110111 1111111 101111 1110111 101111 1111111 10110101 0111011 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; h, i, de, din, d are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, be are repeated).

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  • summary of Hører Til, I Høie Himle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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