This is an analysis of the poem Kirken Er Som Himmerige that begins with:
Kirken er som Himmerige,
Meget kan den lignes ved,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa bXXX XaXX XXbX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001100 1011101 1111111 111111 1111110 1010111 1111010 11111 10111010 1001101 1111110 1010101 10111010 1111111 11001110 1110100 101111 1011101 1011101 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; der, med are repeated.
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