This is an analysis of the poem Hos Gud, Før Verdens Grund Blev Lagt that begins with:
Hos Gud, før Verdens Grund blev lagt,
I Lys og Herlighed og Magt...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXaXX XXXXXXbbaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 11110011 110100 11011111 11111111 11111 11101 11 0100 10101010 10101101 1110111 110111 11111111 1111101 110101 10100100 1010 1010 10001010 1111001 01100100 111100 10010111 11110101 1101100 1010111 101 110 10101110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; f, er, d, din are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, den are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Hos Gud, Før Verdens Grund Blev Lagt;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
