This is an analysis of the poem I Dødens Baand Vor Frelser Laae that begins with:
I Dødens Baand vor Frelser laae,
For vores Skyld hengivet,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX aXaXXbXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX bXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 1101100 110111 111110 1011110 11011101 11011010 1000 1110111 111100 11011111 111111 1111101 11011111 1001111 1000 11111111 1111100 101111 1111100 11110111 1011011 11101100 1000 11110100 111101 11010101 110101 11011100 1111101 1101110 1000 11111100 110111 1111101 11111 1110110 10011111 11111 1000 11111101 1111000 1111100 111110 1101111 1011111 11010100 1000
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; han, det, den, d are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
The author used the same word det at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word halleluja at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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