This is an analysis of the poem I Graven Laae Den Herre Christ that begins with:
I Graven laae den Herre Christ,
Herre Christ,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bbXX XXXX aaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 101 11100010 10001000 1111111 11 1111111 10001000 11011111 111 1111111 10001000 1011110 110 1111101 10001000 11111111 111 1110010 10001000 111010 10 11111101 10001000 1101111 11 1011111 10001000 11110101 101 1110111 10001000 1111011 011 111110 10001000
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines christ, green, ud, fuldsvar, muld, d, lin, skrud are repeated).
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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