This is an analysis of the poem Jesus! Hvor Er Du Dog Henne? that begins with:

Jesus! hvor er Du dog henne?
Hjertet søger dig omsonst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXX XcXcXXdX XbXXXXXe fXXXggXX XXXXXXXX gcXXXXXf bXbXXXXX XXXXXXbX XXXbhhXX XdXbXbXX XcXXXXee XaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 101110 1111001 1011101 1011110 111111 1011101 1010111 111010 11110 11111110 1110011 111111 1011111 0111101 1111111 11111100 1010111 10111010 110111 10111010 11111110 1011101 11111111 1111101 1011101 111011 111011 11101010 1110110 1110101 111011 1111101 111111 111101 1110010 111101 011011 1111101 101011 11111010 111111 111110 1011110 1111101 1100111 1001100 1110111 1011101 1010011 1011111 1111101 1111111 111111 1011111 1111111 1111101 1111110 100111 1111111 101111101 1111101 111111 1011111 1110111 1100111 11111010 1111101 1111111 1111101 111111 1010101 1010101 111101 1111101 1011111 1110111 111111 111101 1010111 111111 1110101 1011101 101110 11101010 1111110 1001011 1111101 10111110 0011101 11111010 1011111 001111 1111101 1110111 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 103
  • 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; og, d, du, han, pagt, er are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tit, hvor, som are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, dt, rre, st are repeated).

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