This is an analysis of the poem Jesus, Dødens Overvinder that begins with:

Jesus, Dødens Overvinder!
Du, hvis Ord er Liv og Aand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXaXX XXXXbb bXbcXX XXXXXX ddddXX XXXXXX eXXeXX XXXXXX XXXXXX bXXfXX XXbXXX XegeXX XXXcXX XXXaXa XXXXXX XhXhXX XgfXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011000 0110111 11111010 1111101 1011111 11111 1111101 1011111 111111 1010101 11101 11011 110110 1011101 1111110 10111 11010 10111010 111110 1010110 111110 1011100 1011010 1011110 1011111 1011101 1111111 1110111 1111111 110011 11101110 1011111 1101110 110100 110111 1011101 1011011 1010111 101111 111011 111111 11111 1011101 1110111 110111 110111 11111010 10111100 111101 1011101 1110111 111111 1110110 11011010 111111 101111 1111111 1110111 1011101 1100101 11001110 1010111 111110 1010111 10111000 10010010 101001100 1011101 11101110 101111 111101 1111111 1011111 11111 101111 101111 111111 010011 1111111 111111 110111 1110101 10011110 11111010 11111 1110011 1111101 111011 1110110 1101111 110111 111101 1010010 111111 111011 1010100 10101100 11111 101110 1010101 11101110 1011110 1010111 1110001 111101 111111 1111000 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 117
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; de, som, du, vi, os are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nge, de, rre, den are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase de connects the lines.

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