This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Har Kirken Her Tilbage that begins with:

Hvad har Kirken her tilbage,
Som er værdt at sjunge om?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXXX XXXXXXX cXdefXX XXXXXXX XXXXdcg XXXXhhX XXXXXXX igigXXX XXXXXXj XXXXXXX dXdXbXi aXXgXXX XgXgXXk dkdkXXX jgXgXXg XXXXXXg XXXXddX kXXgXXg XXXXgXX XXXXXXX fgXXXXX XXXXXXX XdXdXXX XXXXXXX cXdgeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010 101111 111111 11101 101111 111101 1100101 11101110 1010101 11101110 101111 1010111 1111101 1111101 11110010 1011100 1111101 111011 110111 111101 1011101 1111101 111101 1010111 1110100 101101 10111 011111 111111 1011101 111011 1011101 111111 01101010 1111101 11010110 1111101 11000110 110111 111111 011011 101101 10011010 1111111 11101000 1011111 1100111 111101 101111 10101110 1011101 11111110 101111 10111100 111110 101111 11100010 101111 11111010 111101 11110 1110111 1111101 101101 101101 1110111 1110101 1110100 10111010 1110111 10010110 111011 11000110 1111001 1011111 1011011 111100 101111 10111 111111 1110101 11111100 11111110 101011 1001111 111101 111111 1011111 1111101 101111 0101111 10111110 11101 1110110 1111101 1101110 1111110 1110110 1111110 1011101 111110 1011011 11111100 1111010 1011111 1011110 1011101 100101 110101 11101110 1110110 1011111 101111 101111 1011111 1011111 01111010 10111110 1011101 1011111 1011101 1110111 111011 111111 1110101 101101 1110110 1110110 11111010 1111110 1011001 1111100 111111 1111000 11111 11111010 1101101 111001 111111 1111111 110101 1110111 1011111 111101 11101110 11101100 101111 1111111 1101101 1011101 10111101 1111010 11110 1111101 110011 1011111 101011 1111101 111111 1000101 1111111 1110001 101111 101111 10100 1011101 1011101 1010111 1111010 111101 101111 111101 1111101 111101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 189
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; os, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, 'taaler, den, ordets are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).

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

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