This is an analysis of the poem Du Er Deilig! O, Det Nytter Ikke that begins with:

Du er deilig! O, det nytter ikke,
Du tilkaster mig straffende Blikke -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXXXb bXcXXX XXXXXX XXdXad XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXc XXXeeX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011101 01001101 001011011 10110110 11011000 11110011 11101110 01111010 0111101 1101111 1101110 111111101 111101110 1001011 11011101 10011110 1111011110 11101111 11111111110 111011110 1011111 111111110 11110110 1110100 101101111 11010110 1000111 110110100 111010010 11110001 1101110 1101110 11011110 11011011 110100010 101111 100111000 11111110 1111111 101111 11011101 1011110 1011110 1111110 1111010 10111110 1111001 1111011 1111011 1100110 11101 111110111 1111111 100010011 0010111011 010010101 001011011 10110110 11011000 11110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, jeg, er, det, en, som are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, som, dine, timen, en are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dte, mmer, dig are repeated).

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  • summary of Du Er Deilig! O, Det Nytter Ikke;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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