This is an analysis of the poem Marie Magdalene that begins with:

Paaskemorgen Magdalene,
Hyllet ind i Sørgeflor,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXc XXaXXaX XXXcXXX XXXXXdX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXc XXXXXXX XXbXaaX XXXXXXX XcdXXXX aXXXeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101 101110 1110101 111101 1110110 1011111 1011101 101111 1010111 10101111 1011110 10111000 1111110 111100 1000110 111110 1001110 1110101 11100100 1111100 1111101 1001101 11110 111101 1110111 111011 10101110 1111111 111111 1011100 101111 101101 1111011 1111110 1011101 11100 1110110 1110111 1110110 11111 111101 1110111 1111111 1001110 1110111 101100 11111000 1111100 111001 101101 111100 111101 100111 1111000 10111010 1110110 101110 111111 1001111 110001 101101 11111 110110 101001 1010001 11111 101101 111111 1111111 1011100 101111 1111111 1110111 1111101 11111010 11101100 110011111 10111110 1110100 1011110 111001 111111 1111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; til is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hendes, under, op, vil are repeated.

    The author used the same word jesus 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, vet, ie are repeated).

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

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