This is an analysis of the poem Aanden Og Sjælen that begins with:

Opsving dig af en jordisk Trylledvale,
Fribaarne Aand, som stammer ned fra Gud!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXa XXXXX bXXXb XXXXX XXbXX XaXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX bXXXX XXXXb XXXXc XcXXX XdXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110100 101110111 11111111101 010100110100 110101011 110111111 1010000101 11011101101 110100110001 111100111 1101111010 11111101 1100011011 110101110110 1011011100 11011000 111111111 110010111100 11111110110 11001101 1110110110 1111110111 11101100110 11011110110 1010010111 101101101 11110011 1110110000 1111110001 10111111 1110111111 1111110100 110010110001 11110011010 1001011000 1111100010 110111111 1110001110 110100110101 110001100 1111100010 110101111 1011001001010 110010111010 1100100101 1011110110 11100111111 1101011111010 11010111100 110100110 11110101110 11110101 110111110110 110100110010 1101011100 1111111001 1000010111 11100110100 11110110010 0101010111 110110110 100101111 110011111 1111110110 111011001 1111000101 1111111 1110011111 11111111101 110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; det, din, du, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvis, som, og are repeated.

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines kker is repeated).

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  • summary of Aanden Og Sjælen;
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