This is an analysis of the poem Paa Jerusalem Det Ny that begins with:
Paa Jerusalem det Ny,
Paa den store Konges By,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXX XXXXXX XXXbXa XXXXXX XXXXXX aaXccX bXXXXX ddXccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011 111101 1111 1111111 1011111 11101 1010111 101010 1111 1010101 1100110 10111 110111 101101 1111111 1111111 111111 10111 1011101 1011111 111010 111111 110101 110010 110100 100111 11111 1111001 111110 1111 101111 111111 10011 111101 100011 11101 1110101 1001111 1111 111101 111111 10111 111111 101111 1011 1111111 111111 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; og, det are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word paa is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, bt are repeated).
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