In the paeans and elegies, he expresses praise and his deeds loudly and clearly, using expressions that indicate the emperor is a deity such as 'as the emperor is a deity', 'as a deity, which he is, he behaves as a deity is supposed to do' and 'a prince of sun that shines high into the sky'.
賛歌・挽歌については、「大君は　神にしませば」「神ながら　神さびせすと」「高照らす　日の皇子」のような天皇即神の表現などをもって高らかに賛美、事績を表現する。