This is an analysis of the poem Christus-Riget that begins with:

Vidunderligst af Alt paa Jord
Er Jesu Christi Rige,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXa aXXX XXXX XbXb XXaX XXXX XXXX cXcX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001111 010101 11000111 111101 10011111 111011 11111100 111101 1101101 110111 1101111 11010 1110101 100101 11100101 101100 1101011 11001 10111100 11101 11110111 101011 11110111 110111 1111111 11101 11011111 1111010 1111100 110010 11010011 110011 11101111 11111 111011 110111 1011101 111101 11110101 110111 11110111 010110 111101 11010 1100111 1011 11000101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; som is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word med at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Christus-Riget;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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