This is an analysis of the poem Kan Gamle Folk Gienfødes that begins with:

Kan gamle Folk gienfødes
I Christi Kirke-By,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX aXXXXXX XXXXXXX bcbcXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX adXXXXd XXXdXXX eXXXXXe XXXXXXXX bXbaXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,8,7,7,7,7,8,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11011 11101 10111 1111010 111110 110111 101101 110101 1101000 111111 01111 110110 111111 110101 11111 1111 11011 110110 0101100 11011 1011110 11101 1110110 11111 1100110 111100 101111 1 111010 10111 11111 11111 11111 11111 111111 10111 101100 110111 11111 11111 111101 110111 011101 11011 1011100 110111 11111 1111 11101 110111 11111 111110 11101 11111 10111 111101 110111 11011 11111 111101 110010 11011 11101 1 10110 10111 110110 111101 110110 11111 11111 1011110 11101 1111110 111101 101111 11111 110100 111111 110101 111100 11101 111100 1101000 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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, det are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Kan Gamle Folk Gienfødes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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