This is an analysis of the poem Alle Christne Fødsels-Dag that begins with:

Alle Christne Fødsels-Dag
Har med Christus sammen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXX bXXXccd XeXeXXX XfXXXgXX aXXXXXh fiXiXeX cXXXgXX fXXXbXi aXadXXX XXXXhhi XXfXgXi XXXXXXX XcgcXXX bXXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,8,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 111010 101111 101010 11111 1110111 1111 10101 1111 110011 10101 1011111 11011 11101 1011101 11011 1110111 11111 1110111 111110 1011010 1 1111101 10111 111111 10111 1110111 1100111 11010 111111 11101 1111100 11111 1111111 111101 0111 1010101 111010 1011111 111110 1110101 1001101 10111 101111 111100 111010 111010 1010101 1011101 10110 100101 1111 1001011 10110 111001 111101 011010 1110111 11101 11011 11111 1111101 1011111 1011 111111 01101 110101 10101 1011101 1010100 11010 101011 1011 1101111 10011 1100111 111101 11110 1101100 1011 1100100 11111 1110001 1110101 11100 1111101 11101 10111101 10111 1111101 11011 111010 1011011 11111 11111 10101 1110101 110111 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 106
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; f, og, til are repeated.

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

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

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

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