This is an analysis of the poem Al Den Ganske Christenhed that begins with:

Al den ganske Christenhed
Priser Guds Barmhjertighed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXXX XXbbX XXXX XXXX ccXX XXXX XXXX dddX dXXX aaXX aaaX XXXX XXXX XXXX bbbX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 1011000 111100 101111110 1011101 101111 11111 101111110 1011111 11111 1011110 101111110 1 101111 1111111 1011111 101111110 111111 101111 101111 101111110 1111100 1011111 110101 101111110 1111111 1110111 1111111 101111110 111111 111111 1111011 101111110 11101 1101101 11111 101111110 1111111 111011 111111 101111110 1111111 1111111 111110 101111110 1110111 1111101 1001101 101111110 111101 1111101 1111101 101111110 110111 101111 101111 101111110 101011 1011101 1111110 101111110 1110101 110111 101100 101111110 1010111 1111111 111101 101111110 1010101 1101111 111111 101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; har, rt, som, og, han, n are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rt, n, st are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word esaias at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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