This is an analysis of the poem Velmødt, I Christne Fromme that begins with:

Velmødt, I Christne fromme!
Lad høres nu vort Kvad!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXX XXXbXXXX cXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXdXX XdXXXXXX XXXXXbXa XXcXXaXX XdXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11111 111110 111101 101111 111101 11101 111100 110111 101101 110111 101001 111101 1111 111101 11101 110111 11111 110111 101110 11111 111001 111111 11111 111101 11111 101101 110111 1111110 110111 11110 110101 101111 11111 100110 111111 110111 111101 110111 011011 11111 111101 110111 111111 110111 11100 1100110 111100 1101010 111101 1111010 11110 111100 010101 110110 11111 101101 110110 110101 110111 111001 11111 1111 111101 111100 11111 110110 11111 110111 11111 110110 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

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