This is an analysis of the poem Med Johannes Ewalds Portrait that begins with:

Et Billed af en Ganger stor
Dig Julefesten bringer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXbX XXbX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1100010 11010100 101110 0111111 11111 1111101 110111 11111111 111011 1111011 111101 0111011 1101110 111111 1111110 011111 1111 1111111 101101 0111011 11011 110111111 111101 01011111 110111 1101011 100111 10010101 110001 11111100 11111 11011101 110111 11101101 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of Med Johannes Ewalds Portrait;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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