This is an analysis of the poem Sørge-Sange I Christiansborgs Slots-Kirke that begins with:

FOR DEN FØRSTE PARENTATION
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  • Rhyme scheme: X XX aXaXXbXb X XXXXXXXXXcXd e afXXXXXgeX X X X X XXXXXXXhhXXX Xe XXXXXX XX XX X X XXaXaaXgXXXfX Xe XXXXXc XX XXX X X XXXXXXXXXXdX eX XdXXXXXXXf XX XXgXhiXX X XX XX j XIHA X A X XX j gXXX X X X Xgb j aafX X X X XfX j XXfA X a X XaX j XXfA X a X XX j
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,8,1,12,1,10,1,1,1,1,12,2,6,2,2,1,1,13,2,6,2,3,1,1,12,2,10,2,8,1,2,2,1,4,1,1,1,2,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,4,1,1,1,2,1,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 1000 1 1111111110 0101101111 10111100110 11001111101 1011011111 111111001 11101111 1100111011 1100 111 1001 101100100110 01111110 0111111 11111111 111101110 11100110 11101101 1101011111 1111 1100101110 10 101110 1001011 1111110 1101111 1111101 1100111 111110 111111001 1101110 11011110 1 11010010011111110 11101000 1000 11011 110001 1111101 1111111 1101111 1111111 1001100110 1111101111111 11111101 11011001 11110111101 11100110 10 10 1101111110 100101101 11011110010 1111010110 11110011111 11011100100 1000 1 11111101111 1111011110 1111000 10 1101010110 1101111 111111110110 11111110010 11011 1100110 1110111110 111111101111 11111100 1101111101 111001111 111101 1001100111 10000 10 1011011 11110111 11010011 11011101 1001111 11100011 1000 1 1111111 1101111 111111 10111000 1000 1101111010 1010010011 1100010101 111001 1110001101 10111110 11011010 11011111010 111101010111 01011111000 11110001110 1110111 10 1000 110100 10111010 111100 1010110 111111 1111101 1010011 101010 1111110 101011 010001000 1 11111101 0111011 01110111 111010110 1011101 10011111 111111010 111110111 11100111 100111 1 11 110101011101101 11 11111 101101 11101 110 1 11101110 1 11 1011111011110 11 1111 11101 111100 11 1 11110011 1 111 1101110110110011 10100011 11 1111110 111110 11011 110 1 11011110 1 11 011011101000111 111100 11 110110 11111 1111 110 1 1111110 1 11 1111001010101011 110100 11 10111 1111011 11101 110 1 11101110 1 11 1101111101000 11 11111 101101 11101 110 1 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 67
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 197
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; d, du, som, min, og, hans, var, er, ves, vor, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, han, hans, har, og, forgi, vor are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ves, ye, rdig, rer, de, ber are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase d connects the lines.

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