This is an analysis of the poem Herre! Hvor Skal Vi Gaae Hen that begins with:
Herre! hvor skal vi gaae hen!
Gaae fra dig, vor Sjæle-Ven,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXaXb XcXbXX XXXbXX XbXadX XcXXbX XdXaXX XbXaXX XXXbXX cXeebX fXbeXc XbXXXX XaXcff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 111111 111011 111111 111011 1110101 1111101 1111101 111111 10111 111011111 101111 1110111 111111 11111 111101 101111 1111 11111111111 100101 1011101 1111101 111011 11111100 111111 1111111 1110111 1111111 111111 1110101 1011100 1111111 101111 1111101 101011 1111110 11111111111 101011 111111111 111111 1111101 1101101 111101 11111111 1111101 1100111 1111101 1110110 1110111 111100 1110101 101111 101111 101100 111010 1011101 1011111 1010011 1011101 1010111 111111 111111 1111110 101010 1011101 1110001 101011 1111011 110111 111011 101100 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; fra, ord, d, og, dig, i, mit are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words fra, lad, glem, enes are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, dt, d are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ord connects the lines.
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