This is an analysis of the poem Paaske-Sang, Om Christi Opstandelse that begins with:

Frisk op til Fryd, alt Christen Blood,
At JEsus op fra Døde stood,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX XXXXXb ccXXXb XaaaXb XXdXXb ddXXXb eeXXXX XXcXXX XaXXXb XfaaXX fXaaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 1101111 11011111 1101111 10001111101 1111111 11010010 11111101 1110111 11111101 10101111101 11011101 01110110 1111111 11110101 1111110 10101111101 1111101 1101111 111111 11011101 110111 10101111101 11100010 10001101 1111111 1101111 11111 10101111101 1111101 11010101 1111011 1101011 11110111 10101111101 11110101 1101101 1101011 1101111 11010111 10101111101 11011101 11010101 11111101 11001101 11001110 10101111101 0101010 111101 1111011 11110101 11110111 10101111101 1111111 1101111 1011011 11110101 11000111 10101111101 11001101 0101011 1011111 1111111 1110101 10101111101 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; d, og are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Paaske-Sang, Om Christi Opstandelse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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