This is an analysis of the poem Getsemane Og Golgatha that begins with:

Ey længer Druens Purpur luer,
Den milde Himmels sidste Smil....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXXXXXa XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX aXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 111011 101111 111111 1111101 1111101 11010111 1011100 101111010 011111 10111110 1101111 100011 1101011 1111101 11111101 01010101 11011101 11000101 1111101 0101111 11010110 11110110 1101011 10110011 11010010 11011111 1110100 1111111 1111111 11010111 11010101 1110111 11000110 0111001 1100111 1101111 11001001 1101111 11111 1011110 11111 1110001 1101001 1111111 111111 1110110 11010101 1110011 11111101 0101111 110111 11111100 11011101 110010100 110010 11111111 1001111 110110 1101111 111101 1111101 1101111 11110101 1110101 1111111 1101111 11011100 111101 1111000 1110111 111111 11001110 101011 1001110 11010101 111101 1101111 1101101 1101111 100111 10010111 110111 11010101 101111 1111011 1101110 111010 1101111 11100101 110101 101100 111111 11011101 111111 11011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; den, som, er, i, de, du, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, for, at, det, din, skal, i, den are repeated.

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  • summary of Getsemane Og Golgatha;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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