This is an analysis of the poem Ophold Os Herre, Ved Dit Ord that begins with:
Ophold os Herre, ved dit Ord,
Trods Pavens Løgn og Tyrkens Mord,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX XXXa XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110111 11011101 1111101 11011100 10111111 01011101 1111100 0101111 1101101 10111101 11110111 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; i, d are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).
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