This is an analysis of the poem Glæden, Hun Er Født I Dag that begins with:

Glæden, hun er født i Dag,
Himmeriges Glæde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXX XbbbXXXXXX XXXXXXXaaX XXbXXXXXXX XXXcXXXXXd XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXcX XXXdXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 10001 1110100 11101 111100 110000 11110 11111 111101 111100 101111 11110 1010100 111110 11010 1011 11111 11110 011000 10101 1111101 1111 111101 11111 1111 10110 1111 11111 101101 1111 1011101 11101 1100100 1111 01100 11000 111010 1111 011111 111100 1011001 11101 111111 11111 10010 11000 11100 101101 11101 111110 101111 11101 1111101 11101 111100 101100 11101 111100 10111 1111 111111 111110 1111101 11110 10110 1110 1111 111100 101111 11111 10111 011000 101001 001101 11010 11010 11110 101110 101101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • 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; du, er, os are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Glæden, Hun Er Født I Dag;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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