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

Hvor Sangersken glædeligt toner,
Hid venligt i Myrthernes Lye,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXX XbXb XXXX XXXd XeXe XXXX aXXX XdXX XcXX ccXX XdXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 11011001 11010010 1110001 111110110 1111011 1010100110 01111010 11011010 111001 11110010 11011001 11010001 11011001 11001001 11011010 110110010 11101 110110100 1111001 110110010 11011001 11011010 11011001 11011010 11011010 11011110 11110010 1111010 11111 11111010 11011111 11011011 1111101 11011011 11101111 111011 111001 11111011 1111010 1100111 1111111 11111 01001011 1101101 1101101 11111010 11011101 110110010 110111 11101010 11001011 1101011 01011111 1100101 0111111 1111101 11011001 11111010 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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; det, i, du, d are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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