This is an analysis of the poem Vorherres Røst Er Kirkens Aand that begins with:

Vorherres Røst er Kirkens Aand,
Dens Sjæl er Barne-Troen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXX bXbXXXXX XXXXXaXX XbXXXXXX XXXXXXbb abXXXbXX bXXXaXXX XXXXXXXX cXcXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 10010101 11011 10001111 010011 01001101 1111101 111101 110100 1001110 011110 1111111 111110 10111001 11011001 110110 111111 11001111 100111 1101111 100111 11001111 01011101 11111 110010 1111111 110110 10001101 1101110 1111111 11011101 011101 110110 11011001 111101 11111100 011000 11110101 1011111 1101110 1111110 1101111 1111110 11011101 1101110 1101111 11010111 11111 011100 11011111 111111 1011001 111111 1101111 10110110 11111 11111 11010100 1111100 1111111 111010 1111111 11110111 1111100 111111 111011 110111 11001101 111110 11111101 1111111 111111 100111 1111101 111111 1011101 110101 1100111 111111 1101100 1111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, og, af are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words er, af, vort are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines iet, st are repeated).

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  • summary of Vorherres Røst Er Kirkens Aand;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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