This is an analysis of the poem Jesu Lære that begins with:

Lad mine dunkle, bølgende, grønne Kroner
Vinke dig bort fra Larm og bedøvende Toner!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXb XXXXXXX cXcXdeX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXaffX XXXXggX XXXXXXX XXXXfXX XXXXXea XXXXXXX XXXcXXX XXXXXXX XXcdhhc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 1111111010 1011101001 111110011 101 100001 111111101 101101100101 100100111 10111110010111 10101101011 1101 10101 111011111 111011111010 111110111100 1111011110 1011111110110 1110 10111101 1101110110110 101101011011 101101101 101011101010 10111111111 1011 1101111 101110101011 101010001011 111001111001 101111110110 1011011110110 101 11101 110101011110 1111111111 111101111011 1111011100110 1101001111010 101 100101 11111011010110 111111110 111111101011 1011101101 1111111111001 1011 111101 1011011011011 1111001110100 1011011011100 101110110101 1111111011011 1111 111101 111111111 100101011011 11011001101 101101111111 101101001111 1001 100101 100101111001 1101001011 111101110001 1010110111100 10111110010 1011 111011 1101010111010 1111011001010 1111111101011 10100111111 10111111011 101 111011 1011111111011 0101101101010 11111111111 101110110010 111100111110 1001 101011 110101010110 10111110110 1111111111 11110111011 11100010101 1111 11101 1111010011 11111101101 1101111001 1011011001 10010110110010 1011 101111 111001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; du, og, den, de, er, det, hans, som, lad are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words det, seer, ikke, h are repeated.

    The author used the same word lad 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 k, e, de, ie, se are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase toner connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Jesu Lære;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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