This is an analysis of the poem O Hellig-Aand! Som Pindse-Dag that begins with:

O Hellig-Aand! som Pindse-Dag,
Gak naadig under lave Tag...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXXcXXX XXXXXXXXXX ddXXXXccXX cXccccXXXb aaXXXXccXX cXXXXXXXXX XXXccXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1101011 111110 1111111 11011101 1101100 1010101 11 101 111111 11011111 11011101 11110 1101111 1111111 100010 111010 1000 01 11100 1011101 0101101 110110 1111111 1110001 10110 11111 111 111 111110 1011111 1111111 111111 110111 1111111 110111 1010111 111 101 11011010 1101011 11011101 1101100 11010110 11111 111 101111 111 111 111101 1011011 111101 0111 11110111 1110111 11111 111110 1010 1100 11111010 11110111 111011 110101 11110101 111111 110111 10101110 1000 111 111111 1101111 1110101 111110 11001101 11011101 100001 1111111 101 111 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; og, r, os are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines der, n, re, rk are repeated).

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  • summary of O Hellig-Aand! Som Pindse-Dag;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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