This is an analysis of the poem Vil Du Kirkens Spir Forgylde that begins with:

Vil du Kirkens Spir forgylde,
Kom ihu, at den er kaldt...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbXX XXXXXXXX XXXXbXXX XXXXcaXX XXXXXXXX XXXbXbXb XXXXXdXe XXXXaacX XXXXddXX XXXXbXXX XXXXeXXX XXXbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 1101101 1010101 1100111 111101 111001 101110 01101010 10101100 011111 11001010 1011100 111111 1111110 11101110 01101010 111111 111011 111011 1011111 111101 1110111 11111 1011101 0110111 111101 01111 111111 111111 111111 11101100 11101000 0111101 1010001 1111101 111111 111110 1011101 1111111 1011110 1110111 101111 111101 111101 101111 100011 111101 11111 111111 111101 110011 1010111 110111 111101 1111101 1011101 111110 1011101 1111110 1101111 1111111 111111 1111101 1011101 1011000 1011101 1111100 1111110 111111 1011101 111111 1001100 1111110 1000111 1010101 1111111 1010111 11111 101111 1011101 1110101 1011101 1111111 11111 11111 1110111 1111111 1110001 11101 1010110 11111 111111 111101 1011101 10111100 11101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, ret, priis, den, d are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word du 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 n, re, st are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases fader, ret, priis connect the lines.

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  • summary of Vil Du Kirkens Spir Forgylde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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