This is an analysis of the poem O Jesu, Min Brudgom, Livsaligste Ven that begins with:

O Jesu, min brudgom, livsaligste ven,
Jeg veed nu ey hvor jeg for glæde skal hen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXX XbXXb aaccX dXXXc XXXXX XXccX XXXXX cXdXX bbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101001 1111111111 110100 110110 110101010 11011011011 110110010111 110110 110110 111111111011 101111101 1111111001 110010 11110 111111101 11011011101 1110111 110110 110110 1111010110 110111101 0111111011 11011 1111 110111111 110010111111 11111111 10110 11010 1101111010 110111101 11011111 0101111 1111 11111011 11011011110 1100101101 11011 11011 11011011010 1111101111 11111100111 11111 11011 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, t, og, skulde, mig are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, hvad, bort, min 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines t, re, de are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase din connects the lines.

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  • summary of O Jesu, Min Brudgom, Livsaligste Ven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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