This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Ere De Christne Dog Glimrende Smukke that begins with:

Hvad ere de christne dog glimrende smukke
Indvortes, udvortes har solen dem brendt,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXaXaX XbXXXXcX XXXbXXXX XXcXXbXX XXXXXXXX XXXaaaXX XcXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 10010011011 01011011011 0101111110 11011 11011 11100110100 1111011100 10001011011 10011011001 110110101 1101101011 110010 110010 11110110110 1111011011 01110110111 111100101 01111011 111110111 1101 11111 1111101011 11011011011 1001101011 11011010011 110111101 10011010001 11011 11011 11011101001 1101111100 011111010 1100111001 011111101 01011011110 01011 1111 1000101111 1111001101 11010011100 10111011011 1101101010 11010011001 11010 11010 1101001001 1101111011 110111110 1101101001 011101101 110010110010 110010 100110 11010010100 110110010110 110111001 110101001 11110101 110111111 0110 11010 0111011001 1100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; og, i, af, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvad, i, de are repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, de are repeated).

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