This is an analysis of the poem O Jesus Christ that begins with:
O Jesus Christ!
Vor Frelser du est,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbX XXXXcXX XXdcXcd XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX aaXXXXX XcXbXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 110001 110001 10011 1100 1111 1111101 11011 11010 010111 01011 1111 11111 1110101 1111 1111 1101111 11001 1111 1111 110111 11001 11111 111111 11011 11101 10111 0101101 11110 1110 11111 1111 11011 1101 111101 11011 11010 0101110 1111 0111 1111 1111110 11111 1001 0101110 11011 11101 01011 111111 1111 11011 1111100 1111 1100 1000 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; du is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word du is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, st are repeated).
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