This is an analysis of the poem Her Er Guds Huus Og Himlens Dør that begins with:

Her er Guds Huus og Himlens Dør,
Og ellers ingensteder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXX XXXXbXc XXXXXdd XXeXXXX XXaXdbX XXXXXeX aXXXXXX XXdXXcX 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: 001111010 1101000 11111111 101101 11010001 11010111 11011 110100111 1110100 1110001 1100010 1101101 1101101 111111 1101011 110111 111111 111100 1110110 11110101 11111 11111100 111111 1101111 11011 1101111 1111011 11111 111111 11011 111111010 10010 101011 1111111 01101 11111101 1101100 1111011 111010 1111101 1111101 11111 100111010 100111 10111101 111101 11011111 11011101 110111 1110111 11111 10111110 111100 1001111 111101 111111 11001110 110111 1111111 11011 1111111 1101111 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; og, d are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rn is repeated).

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