This is an analysis of the poem Din Kirke-Mark, O Gud that begins with:

Din Kirke-Mark, o Gud!
Hvor daarlig den seer ud!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX aabbcc XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX ddXXXX XXXcXc XcXXeX XXXXXfX cXbbXX XgXXgX fXXXXX ccXeXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 110111 1101100 1101110 111001 110011 11111 110111 101111 110110 110111 110111 110101 110001 110110 1111010 111101 11101 110011 11100 111101 111101 1111010 111010 10111 110100 1101110 1001100 1101100 1111110 111101 11111 1101110 100110 11110 110100 110111 11111 10111 11101 11111 11011 11111 101100 11111 1111011 110110 11001 11111 111111 1100010 1111010 111011 111111 1 110101 010010 1111011 11011 111111 101111 111111 111101 11110 1111110 111111 110111 11101 111101 11111 111111 1111 111101 11111 110111 11101 110001 111111 11111 111011 110111 110111 11111 111110 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • 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; vi is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words til, med, o are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, rne, lger are repeated).

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