This is an analysis of the poem Hvor Er Dog Paaske Sød Og Blid that begins with:

Hvor er dog Paaske sød og blid
For dem der kiende Naadens Tid...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXXbXX XXccXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXdbXdaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1111101 11101 1101111 1110111 1111 1111 110111 111 1011101 1110111 1110011 0111 11101101 11110100 11101 1111 10111 111 1011101 10100101 1101111 11101 10100101 11010101 111110 1110 111110 111 1011101 10100101 11110111 110001 1111101 11111111 10111 1111 1101100 111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • 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; d, er are repeated.

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

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

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

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

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