This is an analysis of the poem Retfærdighed that begins with:

Retfærdighed
I Jesu Christi blod...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXabXXXX XXXaabXcXXbX XXXXXXcbXddX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXaXXXXXXXXXX XXXaXeeXffff XXaaXXXXXXaa XXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,13,12,12,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 110101 0111 111100 1011001 111 011001 110111 11111 1110111 1111111 1110100 100 110101 1101 111111 111101 1111 100010 110111 11101 1111110 0111101 1111101 100 110101 0110 110111 111110 11110 1111111 11101 111110 111111 1110111 111111 100 110101 1101 110100 101101 1101 110111 11101 1111 101111 1111101 111111 100 110101 111 11011 111111 111 110111 110101 111101 11 1101 1011101 111101 100 110101 11111 1111 1110110 1101 11111 1111010 110101 1011101 1011101 111110 100 110101 1111 110101 101011 1110 100101 11011 11001 111100 1110101 11111011 100 110101 0110 110001 1101101 1100 0111 110111 1111 0010001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, jeg, han, at, d are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word retf 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 d is repeated).

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