This is an analysis of the poem Til Himmels Foer Den Ærens Drot [til Himmels Foer Den Ærens Drot] that begins with:
Til Himmels foer den Ærens Drot,
Ærens Drot,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aaXX XXaX bbXX ccXX XXXX cccX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111 11 1111101 10001000 1011111 11 1100101 10001000 11101111 111 10101101 10001000 10101101 101 11110110 10001000 1001101 101 1111101 10001000 11110101 101 10011101 10001000 1101111 111 11011101 10001000 10010110 110 1111101 10001000
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; n, og are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines drot, n, mand, sang, god, haand, ned, paany are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word halleluja at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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