This is an analysis of the poem Nu Fryde Sig Hver Christen Mand that begins with:
Nu fryde sig hver Christen Mand,
Og springe høit af Glæde!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXX aXXXXbX cXcXXXX XdXXXXX XXXXXXX cXXXXeX ececeeX bXXXXXX XXdXXXX XXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 11111 1111111 111111 11111101 1111010 1101110 11011101 1101110 1101111 111110 11111111 11011111 11011 11111111 111111 111111 111111 111111 1111111 110110 11111100 11111 1111000 11111 11111101 1101110 11011 11001101 111110 11111101 01101 1011111 1110111 1111110 11011101 110111 1111101 11100 1111101 1101111 11111 1111111 111101 11111101 111111 10111011 11011101 111110 111111111 11111111 1111011111 111111 10111101 1101111101 110010 11111101 11111 11110100 111110 1101111 11011110 1101100 1111101 111011 1001101 11111 111111 11111101 101110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 74
- 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:
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; vor, d, og, jeg, mit, dig, min, er, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rk, d, n are repeated).
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