This is an analysis of the poem O Store Gud! Vi Love Dig that begins with:
O store Gud! vi love Dig
Af Hjertens Grund evindelig!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AX bX XX BXXXXX XX cc XbXa Xb dX XX eX Xd XX XX XX XX XX eX bX XXXX ffXX XX Xe XXAX BXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,6,2,2,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,4,2,2,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 11011000 1110111 11001100 1101111 1111101 11011001 10011001 1010111 101111 1111 111000 0110100 111111 01010111 111100 10011001 10011101 1001101 11001011 1111100 10011111 11011100 11111101 11011101 11010111 0111101 10011001 0111100 111111 0111101 1111101 11011101 11011101 0101110 111100 11010001 110110101 01011101 1111111 1101111 10011001 0111101 1111100 0111111 11111101 01010111 11011101 11111111 11011101 0011101 11010111 10001101 11001010 10001101 111111 10001000 1111100 111111 11011000 11011001 10011001 1010111 101111 1111 111000
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 85
- 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; du, d, i, er, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word vor is repeated.
The author used the same words du, halleluja 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 n, st, r, d are repeated).
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