This is an analysis of the poem Lovgivningen Paa Sinai that begins with:

Jehovah nedfoer fra det Høie
Og talde fra Sinais Top,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XbXX XXXX XaXX cXXX bXXX XXXX bXXX XdXa cXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXc XdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 111101 11111111 11111001 10011011 011111 11011110 01011001 1000101 11001011 111101 1101011 110110110 011111 100110100 111101 11001111 1100111 1110001 111011 1111111 10111110 111011 1001101 11101111 11011011 11111010 1111001 11001001 1101110 111101 1111010 110110110 111101 11111110 111101 11011001 111010 11010011 110111 1101111 110101 11111111 1110111 1011011 11011101 11011101 11101000 111110010 11111010 110110110 111101 1101011 01011111 1100111 1101110 1101101 10001011 1101011 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, det, du, hans, med, vi are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, din, og, hans, med are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ledd at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Lovgivningen Paa Sinai;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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