This is an analysis of the poem Bøn that begins with:

Ære og Lov til dig, Satan, i det højeste
af Himlen, hvor du har hersket, og i det dybeste...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110111 1101011011110 101110001110 011111111 1010011111011 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, i are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Bøn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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