This is an analysis of the poem Jairs Datter that begins with:

Blomst kan visne før Sol nedgaaer,
Udsprunget i Morgenrøden,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXbX XXXX bXXX XabX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 1001100 1000111 1001111 111110011001 1001101 1011010 1111100 1110110 1110111 111110 111110 1101111 11111111 1101110 11111101 1111111 11101101 101011 1111101 1101011 10001111 11111110 1111110 11011010 11101111 1000111 10101101 11111010 1101101 11011010 1101111 11011110 1101101 0111111 10101111 1101101 1010111 1101111 11101111 111011 10101101 111111 1010110 1101100 1111111 10011011 1110111 1111001 111110011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, de are repeated.

    The author used the same words gr, jesus at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Jairs Datter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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