This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Er Dog Paaske Sød Og Bliid that begins with:

Hvad er dog Paaske sød og bliid,
For dem, som kiende naadens tiid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXbbXcXX XXdddXdXXXXX ddXddXcXXeXX XXfXefXaXXXX cXXcXccXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1111101 110101 1101111 111111 11011 11 11 110 111 111 1011111 1110011 11100011 0111 11101101 1101111 011101 11 01 1000 1100 111 1011111 10100101 1111101 11111 10100101 1110111 11101 11 11 111 111 101 101011 10100101 1100111 1111110 10100101 1111111 011110 11 11 110 1100 101 1011111 10011101 111111 110110 1010011 1101111 11101 11 11 110 1010 1100 10010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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, han, er are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word at is repeated.

    The author used the same word han 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 de, d are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word de at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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