This is an analysis of the poem Børnenes Julesang that begins with:

Julen har bragt velsignet Bud;
Nu glædes Gamle og Unge....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111001 11111 11011101 111111 10110111 111111 11111111 110111 1010110 1100011 01011111 111100 1111101 11010100 10111101 1100010 10011111 1011111 11110101 1101110 1001111 1100110 11011011 11011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; os is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word han is repeated.

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  • summary of Børnenes Julesang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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