This is an analysis of the poem Reis Op Dit Hoved, Al Christenhed that begins with:

Reis op dit Hoved, al Christenhed!
Opløft dit øie, slaae ei det ned!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbX cXaaXa ddXXbX XXXcXX ddXXcX XXXXXe XXXXfX XXXXXX aXXaXX fXXXbX ggeXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101100 1111111 110011 10111011 10110111 101101 111101111 11011111 1111 111101101 11010111 111101 111101101 11011111 100111 11110111 0110111 101011 111100101 11011111 01101 1101111 111100100 11101 11001111 011101111 1111110 10011101 110101101 1101100 111101101 01110111 111111 11010011 110100111 110011 101101101 11110111 010110 111101101 10111111 110111 11011100 11111101 110110 111101101 110111101 11101 010101101 11011101 101010 110101101 11101111 1111010 111101101 11111110 110001 110101101 110101101 111111 11010111 11101101 11011 11010111 11111101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; dit, du, i, om, og, da are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word reis at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Reis Op Dit Hoved, Al Christenhed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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