This is an analysis of the poem Gienlyd, Du Ny Jerusalem that begins with:
Gienlyd, du ny Jerusalem,
Som Livets Land og Glædens Hjem,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXaaX XXXaX XXXXX bbXXX XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010100 1101111 11011111 1110101 111111 1101010 1101101 1101111 011111 111101 110111 111111 111101 111111 111111 101111 1011111 111101 1111101 10111 111111 11011101 11100111 1101010 110101 11011101 1111101 1111111 11110110 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; den is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word han is repeated.
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