This is an analysis of the poem Julesang For De Nordiske Kunstnere I Rom that begins with:

Her voxe grønne Myrter bag Laurbær i Skjul,
Her er godt at boe,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbC XAXC XAXC XAXC XAXC XAXC dAdC XAXC XAXC XAbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101111 00111 0111101010 1111001 011110111100 00111 01111011011 1111001 01111111100 00111 0101110110101 1111001 0101101110101 00111 11001011101 1111001 110010001101 00111 01101011001 1111001 11111011111 00111 010111010111 1111001 1101111011 00111 01101011101 1111001 1111110111001 00111 111111011001 1111001 11111111011 10111 1011110101111 1111001 1111011111 10111 1111101011010 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; her, om, er, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word lang at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Julesang For De Nordiske Kunstnere I Rom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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