This is an analysis of the poem De To Disciplers Gang Til Emaus that begins with:

Luk Øine op, al Christenhed!
See hist, hvor Fuglen synger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX bXXX XcXc XXda XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XefX XXdX eXXX XeXX XXXX fXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX bgbg XXXX XXXX XXXX XcXX cXaX dXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX dXdX dXXX XXXX XXXg XXXX XXeX XXaX aXXX aXXX XXbX XgfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 1111010 111111 1101010 11110111 1111010 1010010 1001110 110110 111111 0111111 111101 11111101 101100 1111111 111111 11110100 111110 11010101 11011 1111101 110111 1111111 111110 11011100 11101 1101111 110111 11111011 110110 101100 101111 101110 110111 11010100 101111 10010111 110111 11111111 1111 1111111 110111 11010101 111101 1111111 1111 1111101 11111 11010101 1111 1111101 11111 11010101 110110 11010001 11011 1001101 110111 11110100 1111 0111101 110101 111011 111111 10111101 111110 01101100 111111 11001111 111100 1111101 11010 110111 11111 110111 11011 11011001 101101 1110101 100101 100111 110101 11110100 11101 11111101 11110 11110100 11100 11101111 110111 0111101 11111 1101111 110110 11011011 11111 11110101 110111 11010111 111101 11010111 100010 1111110 111111 11111111 11010 11111110 111111 110101 11111 11011100 01111 01100101 11001 110011 11111 11011101 110111 11111 100011 10001101 1111100 11010101 1111000 1111111 10011 1110100 111111 11111100 100100 11110110 11101 1011111 11011 1111111 111101 11100010 100111 1111110 101111 1001101 1001110 111111111 1000110 1111100 1111010 11011101 1011100 011111011 111111 10011111 11011 0111111 11111 1111100 10101 01101100 11011 11001111 10101 1111111 1101110 1110100 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 39
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 191
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, de, der, ei are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, der are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase de connects the lines.

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  • summary of De To Disciplers Gang Til Emaus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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