Du Er Saa Yndig, Kjær Og Sød by Christian Winther: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Du Er Saa Yndig, Kjær Og Sød that begins with:

Du er saa yndig, kjær og sød,
Du er mit Bedste her paa Jorden;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXbX XXXX XbXb XaXX
  • 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: 00110111 0011110110 11110111 10111110 111111 1111111 1101111 1101101 1111111 1111011 11111111 11111 1101111 1110101 1111111 11111 11110110 1111111 11111111 11011101 10010111 11011110 11110111 10111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, d are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Du Er Saa Yndig, Kjær Og Sød;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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