This is an analysis of the poem Den Christne Menighed that begins with:

Jeg er saa underfuld en Magt,
Hvor ret jeg kom tillive,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXbX XXXX aXaX XcXc XXXd XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX Xcbc XXaX XdXd XXXX eXeX dXaX XXXX fXfX XgXX fXfX XgXX XXXX dcdc XXXX XXXX eXXX dXdb XXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110011 111110 11011111 111110 10001111 111111 11110010 111101 11011111 110111 11001101 111101 1110111 110111 11111101 11110111 1100111 11101 11011111 111101 11110111 110111 1111111 11101 11010110 111110 11011110 110111 1111111 110111 11011111 1111010 10110001 10011111 1101111 11111 1101101 110111 1101111 11010 1110111 10011111 11100101 101100 1111011 1111 1011111 11101 11110111 101011 11110111 110101 111110100 110101 11011101 10101 11010011 11111 1101111 11101 111111 110101 1101111 11111 11101101 111110 01010111 11111 11010101 110111 1101111 110111 1111101 11111 1101101 1111 111111 111010 1101001111 110011 11111111 11111 111011 110111 110011110 110011 1111110111 111101 11011111 110111 1001111 110001 10010 111101 1001111 110101 1001101 110011 11110101 110111 11110111 10111110 111101 11010 1111111 1101100 1111111 1101110 1111111 111100 11011111 111101 11001011 111110 1111010111 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 137
  • 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:

    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; og, det are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, og, at are repeated.

    The author used the same words med, jeg, ja at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Den Christne Menighed;
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  • history of its creation;
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