This is an analysis of the poem I Østen Stiger Solen Op that begins with:

I Østen stiger Solen op
Den spreder Guld paa Sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXXX XXbX XXXX XXXb bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 110111 11011100 110111 11011101 110001 11011111 11111 11011011 11010 1111101 11011 11011101 111110 11010101 1111 11111011 110111 11110001 1101010 111011 11111 1101111 111101 0111101 111111 11111101 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, den, fra are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words den, og 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 bethlehem is repeated).

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  • summary of I Østen Stiger Solen Op;
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  • history of its creation;
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