This is an analysis of the poem Herren, Han Sagde Til Herre Min that begins with:

Herren, han sagde til Herre min:
Thron ved min Side i Høihed din,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXX XXbbX XXccX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 11111101 1111101 1111110 10011101 101101011 11010100 10011101 1011111 10011101 101111111 1001110 10100101 11101100 10011101 101111101 111101 1111100 1011110 10011101 100100111 100101111 10101101 1011111 11011101 11101101 11111101 111011 1010111 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, r are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word alle at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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