This is an analysis of the poem Sanddru Og Fredegod that begins with:

Sanddru og Fredegod!
Frelser af Guddoms-Rod!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXaX XXXXXb XXXXXX cXXXXX XXbXaX XcXXXX XcdXaX XXXaXX XcXaXd XXXXXX XXXccX XXXXXX aXXXXX XXXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100 101101 11010 101110 11101 111110 101100 10011 100100 101101 11101 11110 101101 10111 11110 111010 101101 10101 100111 101110 11111 100101 111111 1111 11101 110110 101110 11110 11111 101100 111101 101101 11110 111101 11111 11111 10011 10111 11101 101101 11101 11100 100101 11010 111100 10111 10111 11100 111100 11111 111110 111101 111101 111110 01111 11011 1111 110101 11111 1111 111101 1111 1111 11111 101111 11110 111110 111101 1110 11111 101111 1101 1111 101111 10111 11101 11111 1100 111111 11100 10111 11011 101111 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • 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; l is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words l, m, k are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gt, rk, n are repeated).

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