This is an analysis of the poem Juleaftenen (Christmas Eve ) that begins with:

Hvo minnes ikke
et vær, han tror, ei himlen mer kan skikke?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXcXXXXXXXXXXdXbXXXaXeXXfaXXaXXXgXXXXXXXXXXXfXaXXcahXXXXdXXaXXeXX iaXXXXaXXXXahXXXXjgXXXXXXhXXXkXXXXXcXcXXXaXXXaXXXXgaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXeXXXXXaiXXXXajX XXXXXfiXXXXXXXXiXXXXkXkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,67,81,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1111110111 1111111111 111 111001101 11011100 11110 1000111100 1111111 1111 1001011101 1101110 1111 111111 1001110011 111 110111101 111010100 11110 1101111110 110101101 111 11101011 1111011111101 1111010101 1101111 11010 11110001000 11111011 111111100 1111110111 1011011100 1111011000 110011011 110111101 1101101110 110111101 1100010111 111001111 11011010010 110111111 110001 10111010 11101011 11011001110 110101101 11111011 1101101110 110101010110 11111001010 1011010111 110111111 111110111001 111010111 11110111110 1110111 111101010 1111110110 1111011011 100110110 110111110 111101011 1111111100 111111111 11010100 110110111 1101110110 111010010 11010011110 11011101110 110110111 11110111110 110101011 111011110 110111110 110101111 110110111 1101110101 101111111 111011111 11111011 111111110 101011110 111111111 1110111 1100001101 110111011 1101111110 1111111110 1101111010 11111101 11010111 11111110 101111101 11111110110 11111011100 11110011010 111010001 1101101100 111110010 111111111 110101100 11111001 1111111110 1101111101 111110111 111111100 1101110111 111111011 11111111 1101111 110111101 111101111 1011011 01111101 11010111 110110111 10101110111110 1011010111 11101001100 1111010101 1110011 111010110 11111110100 100 1011110101 1001011100 10 111101010 1010 1101111010 1111011 110110100 11101111 111101010 11011111010 111110101 111111111 11011011 11101010 1100010110 10011101 111011110 1111011101 100110111 11011110 11011111 1100111111 11111111 10101101100 1101111101 11111011000 11011011110 111101011100 100101110 111111011 11101110 1011111111010 101110 1101 111011101 0101110111 111101 10100 1100010 0111 110110110 11110111 101011111 1111111110 111110001 111100111 111011100 10111011101 1101001111 1001111110 1111100100 1101011111 111010011 11011101110 111110111 1001100 111111010 110111010 11111110 1111001110 1111111010 110111111 1111011101 111110 11111110 11111110 11011110010 1101101 100101101 10110110110 1011111111 1111101011 111111101 111110111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1880
  • Average number of words per stanza: 358
  • Amount of lines: 201
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, r, et, han, du, ham, de, som, s, ei, v, og, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, i, han, den, s are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Juleaftenen (Christmas Eve );
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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