This is an analysis of the poem I Vorherres Jesu Navn that begins with:

I Vorherres Jesu Navn
Alt vi skal begynde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXa XXXXbXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXbbX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXb XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 11110 1111111 11111 1110111 111101 101010 1100101 1111 1111101 1111 1111011 111101 11101 1100101 1110 1111101 11101 1111101 111111 11110 1100101 11100 111111 10111 1111111 111101 10011 1100101 111110 101011 101110 111011 1100111 100110 1100101 01101 111101 10011 111111 1011101 111110 1110001 10111 1110101 1111 1111101 100111 11101 1100101 11111 1011101 1111 1110101 1011101 10101 1100101 11111 1111101 111 101111 1111101 1110 1100101 1001 1011101 11111 1111101 110101 1110 1100101 1111 1010111 11111 101010110 1010101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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; vi, alt, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, alt are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, ja at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).

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