Julesang I Det Collinske Huus by Hans Christian Andersen: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Julesang I Det Collinske Huus that begins with:

Saa sidde vi igjen om Julebordet
Og synge høit vor Sang, vort Juledigt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXAX XbXbXXXX XcXcaXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011000 111111100 1101101110 1101111100 1101011100 111111101 1100111101 11001111 1101110111 1101010001 1111001111 111111001 11111100 01111111110 1111101010 1011111111 1111110110 111011111 110011101 110111101 11111011 110011111 1100111101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, saa, vi, vort are repeated.

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

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