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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  • summary of Gienlyd, Du Ny Jerusalem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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