This is an analysis of the poem Hos Herren Paa Det Høie that begins with:

Hos Herren paa det Høie
Stod Simon Jona-Søn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XbXX XbXb XcXc dede XbfX fXXX XgXX XbXX aXaX XXXX XgXX XbXX ffXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 110101 110111 11111 111110 11111 1111110 100111 1101110 110101 1111100 111101 111101 11101 001111 111101 11111 110011 110111 111100 110111 10101 11101 111101 110011 110101 110111 100011 110111 100111 11111 111101 11111 110111 11011 11111 1101110 111101 1111100 111101 1101010 110101 111110 110111 11111 11011 110101 1110 11111 11111 11101 11011 110111 110111 111111 111101 110101 11111 100111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • 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; d, vort, vor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, om, vor, hans are repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Hos Herren Paa Det Høie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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