This is an analysis of the poem Takker Den Herre, Som Sorgen Omvendte that begins with:
Takker den Herre, som Sorgen omvendte
Naadig til Glæde og Sukket til Sang,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXXb XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011010 101111011 101011101 110010101 1011011101 11111011 1101011011 101111001 1011011101 101111011 110101110 110111111 101101111 111111011 1010111 111011001 1001001011 101101101 100111011 1011101011 1010111110 1111101011 10111111 100111001 10101110 10011101 11101101 1011111011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; til, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saa is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word d at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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