This is an analysis of the poem Amor Jesuita that begins with:

Jeg laae i Græsset nys,
Og saae hver Lilie...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX bXbXXXXX XXXXXccc XXXXXXXX XXXdebeb XXXXXXXX dXXXcXXX XfgXXXX XXXXXXgX XXXdXXXX fXXXXXXX XbaXXXXX XdcXXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1111 110001 1011 1111 11000 11100 11000 11011 1110 110111 11000 111111 1110 110100 1111 11011 1110 110001 1110 11111 1110 110111 1110 11110 1101 11111 1111 11011 111 110101 111 11111 1111 11001 111 11111 1111 110111 1111 11111 11010 11111 1110 11101 1100 11101 1110 11111 11010 111100 0110 11110 11110 010111 11110 11100 1110 11111 1111 11101 1111 11011 111 11110 1101 11111 111 1111001111 1101 110111 1100 110100101 110111 1101 110111 1111 11011 1100 110001 1101 110101 1111 11111 1101 1111 1100 110101 11000 110101 11010 111111 111 110101 111 111111 11000 110100 11000 1111111 111 110101 1111 110110 11110 11111 11110 110101 1111 110001 1101 11110 11110 11111 11010 111110 1110 11111 01100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 119
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Amor Jesuita;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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