This is an analysis of the poem Glædelig Fest! Glædelig Fest that begins with:
Glædelig Fest! Glædelig Fest!
Glædelig Jul og lyksaligt Nytaar,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXbbXb bXXaXXXX aXXXXXXX AXXXXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 101110010 1101 111001 111101 1101011 111111 10011 111111 111111011 110 101101 1011001 110101 101101 10101 10111011 101110101 1001 1011011 10111100 10110100 1101011 110101 101101 101110010 1101 111001 1110011 111011 1111011 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; gl, delig, fare, fred, med, st, stjernen, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words gl, fare, stjernen, den are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie is repeated).
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