This is an analysis of the poem Julebrev that begins with:

Jeg ønskede at skænke det hele Paris til mine tre Piger
med Seinen og Luxembourgs Paradis, Versailles Æventyrriger....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXa bXcddXX XXbXXa XXcX ddcX bXXX aaXX dXdX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,6,4,4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111011110 1101100010011000 110111100 1110101100 11111110 11111011 110110110 1101011111 11001101 1101101 1111011110 111111011110 1110100 1100111011 111111 111011 11111100 1001011111 111100111 1111100 11011011 110111110100 11011111 111101101 1111011001 110111110 11111111 111111 110111101 11011100 11011110 11111101 11011101 110011 1101001101 110111 11110101 110110001 0111111 10111000 11110111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; til, og, jeg, en are repeated.

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

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

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

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