This is an analysis of the poem Jubelæblet Eller Den Gamle Harpespiller that begins with:

Midt imellem Tidens Grave,
Der hvor fordum Livets Træ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXXXX XXcXXXXX XXXdXXXX XXXeedXX XXXfedXd bXbdXXXX XXXXXXXX XgXgXhcX XbXXXXXX XhXhXXXX XXXXXXbX XXXdXXXX eXXXXXXX XXXXXfXf XXiXiXid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 1110101 111011 1110111 10110000 111101 111100 111111 1001111 101101 111011 101111 1110110 1110111 101111 110111 1110111 1011101 101110 100011 1011101 1110101 110111 11111 111111 1110101 1111111 1001110 11101110 111011 10111110 0100111 11100010 111100 11101000 0110111 1110010 11111 1101100 1110101 1011010 1110111 11101010 111011 111111 11111 111011 101100 1110101 111110 111011 011010 10101 100011 10010 101001 111111 11111101 1011111 111011 1111111 1011101 111011 111100 111101 1101101 111111 100011 11101100 1010101 10100110 10100110 101111 11101 100011 111101 101010 111010 1100101 111110 111111 1001101 1110101 111111 1110001 101111 1111111 111111 11110010 1001100 101010 011011 1110101 1011101 1110110 1101010 1110110 1110100 1111000 111101 11111110 0110101 101111110 1011111010 1110111 11101 1100111 11111 10111010 11101 11101100 11111 101111100 111011 1111110 1111111 11100110 1000111 11101110 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, og, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, smile, naar are repeated.

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  • summary of Jubelæblet Eller Den Gamle Harpespiller;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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