This is an analysis of the poem Fryd Dig! Du Jesu Bruud that begins with:

Fryd dig! du JEsu Bruud,
Her er et himmel-bud,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXbbXX XXXXcd XXXXXX XXeeXe XaXXXX XXXeXX XXXXee XXddXX XXffXX XXXXXX XaXXXX XXXXaa XXdcXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXe XXaXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XaXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 001101 110011 111100 111110 011101 110101 11011 110110 111110 111111 11111 110101 111101 11111 110101 101101 110101 110101 11111 111101 110111 110111 11011 110101 101111 110110 1101110 110110 110111 110101 11111 111101 110101 00011110 1111010 110101 110010 1101110 111010 110100 0110010 110101 011101 110111 101111 1111100 1111100 110101 110111 111100 11110 10111 011111 110101 1111 011111 11101 1111010 111110 110101 101101 11011 101111 11011 11111 110101 110111 110111 011101 1011000 1101110 110101 110111 11111 11111 111110 111110 110101 111101 110111 110101 11001100 1101110 110101 111101 110111 11111 111111 110111 110101 0101100 11011 110110 1101011 111110 110101 11110 110110 100111 10111 1111 110101 11111 1100110 11011010 1100100 1101100 110101 101111 111101 100111 1110110 1101010 110101 110111 1001111 11011 111101 11011 110101 1100111 111101 110111 110111 10111 110101 111111 110111 11101 101111 110101 110101 11111 11111 1111 100111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 139
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; saa, dig, at, naade, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words saa, der, jo are repeated.

    The author used the same word fryd 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 yet, ye, nges, re, rge, der, de are repeated).

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