This is an analysis of the poem Om Christi Efterfølgelse Og Verdens Fornegtelse that begins with:

Eet er nødigt, dette ene
Lær mig, GUd! at kiende ret,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXaX XXXXXXaX XXXabXXX XcXcXdde XXXbXXeX XeXXXXXX XcXcXXXX XXXXXXff XdXXXbbb XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 111111 1011101 1110111 10111110110 110110110010 1111111011 11011111011 10111 111111 1110010 111111 11011010011 1111000101 11011101 110111111011 110100 1111 1111101 11111 111101111 1111111 111111001 111111011 101111 110101 11111111 1001111 111111011 1111101111 0101101001 1111001001 111010 11111 11110 1101101 11110011001 1101111010 111101111 10111011001 1111101 101111 1011001 1111001 1101000110 110111110 111011111 111101101 1111010 1110111 111101 111111 111110010110 11011110110 1111101001 1101111101 111111 001011 0111100 1110111 01011010110 101010110110 110101111 11011011001 1011101 1111101 1011101 1110111 1101001111 1111011011 110111111 1001101111 101011111 11111011 1111111 1001101 11111011001 1111100101 111111001 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; g, s, det, der, er, dig, og, i, mig, at are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, hun are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Om Christi Efterfølgelse Og Verdens Fornegtelse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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