This is an analysis of the poem En Ædel-Steen Er Rosenrød that begins with:

En Ædel-Steen er rosenrød,
I Troens Krone, Christi Død,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXX XXXXaX bbcXXc XXXXXX aXcXXc XXXXaX XaXXXa XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 1110101 11111 10111101 11101101 10111 11110111 1111111 101000 11101011 11111101 1111100 11111111 01111101 01111 1111111 11100100 11111 1001111 10001101 111100 11110111 1101101 1111110 1111011 11011110 111101 11011101 11111101 110111 1110111 10011101 111111 10111111 1111111 101110 10101111 11011001 11111 1111101 1111101 111111 11111101 11010111 110110 1011111 1111110 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; d, mig are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).

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  • summary of En Ædel-Steen Er Rosenrød;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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