This is an analysis of the poem Hvor Deilig Skal Guds Kirke Staae that begins with:

Hvor deilig skal Guds Kirke staae
Og Yndest for Hans Øine faae,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXXXX XXXXaX XXbbXX cXXXXX XXXXXX XXccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1101111 1110111 10000101 10010111 10011100 11010111 11011111 1111111111 1100111 1111111 11010100 11101101 1101111 1101111 11001101 1111101 0100011 11111111 1111111 11111101 1110011 1101111 11011000 111111 11010111 1111111 1111101 11001111 10011111 1110111 0101111 11010110 1101001 11111101 11110111 1111111 1111101 11011111 11011111 1111111 1101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; og, i are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word rlighed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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