This is an analysis of the poem Paa Kirkegaarden that begins with:

Vilhelm
I denne Kirke din Haand du mig gav,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aXX XXXXX aXXXX XXX XXX XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,5,3,3,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 11111011 111011 01 1101011101 101011 10 111100110 111111 101111 11110 01 1100101001 0110110 011101111 11111000 10 11011111 111111 1 11001001011 11101101 100 110110101 1111011 11101111 1111111 10 11011111 1101100 110111011 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Paa Kirkegaarden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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