This is an analysis of the poem O Jesus! Vor Forsoner that begins with:
O Jesus! vor Forsoner!
Guds Søn fra Himmerig!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXb XbXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXb XXXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101100 111100 111010 1111 11100 110111 110111 011101 1111010 11011 11110 110111 101101 11101 110110 111111 11101 110100 110001 10011 1101110 111101 101110 111101 1111100 01010 0101000 10110 100111 101100 1111110 1111 111111 111000 110111 1111 111011 1111 110110 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; d is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, du are repeated.
The author used the same word o 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 ie is repeated).
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