This is an analysis of the poem O Hjertenskiære Jesus Christ that begins with:

O hjertenskiære Jesus Christ,
Som skuffed Slangens Argelist,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXXXX XXbXcX XXXXXX XXXXbb XXXXXc aaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 11010100 01111001 1111101 11001101 111101 11100 11110111 1101101 11011101 11111101 1111100 111111 1111111 1111101 1011100 111111 11000100 1111101 1111110 11111100 111111 11111 110101010 1011011 01011111 1101111100 11011111 1101101 1110111 1111111 1101011 1110111 11011101 1101011 11011101 1111101 1001111 11011100 11111100 11111111 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; d, og, din are repeated.

    The author used the same word lad 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, bt are repeated).

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