This is an analysis of the poem Syng, Guds Folk! Med Hjertens Glæde that begins with:

Syng, Guds Folk! med Hjertens Glæde!
Verden see, han er tilstæde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXX bXXXXX XXcdXc XXXaXX XedXad XXeffe XXXXXg XXXXXX XXXXXX XXbXXb gXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 101101 111101 10111010 11101010 101101 11111 111011 1011111 1010111 1111101 1110101 1111110 11111100 1111111 101011 10111 111011 1101110 1010111 1111110 11111110 11111010 11111 111111 10111 1011101 1111010 11101110 1111101 111111 111001 1011011 11111110 11101010 111111 1101100 1110100 0111100 101101 111101 1001101 1011111 1111111 101111 1100111 101010 1100101 11111100 1111111010 11111111 110111 111011111 110111 1011111 101011 11111111 1011101 110011 1011101 1111111 1111110 101011 1110011 111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; og, du, i, mit, din are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, ham are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, rke, dre are repeated).

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  • idea of the verse;
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