This is an analysis of the poem Naar Dine Bedste Tanker Følge that begins with:

Naar dine bedste Tanker følge
Med Kirke-Hymnens Himmel-Gang;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1110101 111111 01011101 1011101 11110111 11010101 1111101 11111110 111111111 111111111 1101011 1111101 11010111 11011100 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 515
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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