This is an analysis of the poem O Jesus, Præst I Evighed that begins with:
O Jesus, Præst i Evighed,
Af Melchisedeks Orden!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXX abXbcXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXcXXX adXdXXXX bXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11011100 1100010 11101111 111110 1101110 110110 11010111 101110 1101111 1111110 1111101 111110 01111111 11111 1111101 11001 1101111 010111 11001111 010111 11111111 110111 111110 01111 011011 11011 11011111 11111 1111101 1111110 11110101 110101 11111010 111110 11110110 110110 11111101 11001 1111101 11111 1101011 1111010 11011100 101100 101111 11101 1111100 111111 0111111 111110 11111111 11111 0101111 1111100 1111011 1101110 11101101 11101 11111101 11101 111100110 100111 11010101 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; er, hans are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, da are repeated.
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