This is an analysis of the poem For God! that begins with:

I København og Valby
findes ej sødere Pige;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX baXX XXXX XXXX XbXX XbXX XXXX XXXa XXXX aXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 10111 110110 101001 101101 11110110 101111110 1011100 0100101 0111 1100010 1101001 1101010 111010 111101 11111110 101010100 110011 10111010 1101111 11110 11011011 111011 111111 111001111 11101100 11011111 111110110 11101100 111010 1101101100 11110110 111110 111110010 11110110 01010100 010010 110001 11111011 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hun is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

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  • summary of For God!;
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  • history of its creation;
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