This is an analysis of the poem Giv Af Dit Hjerte Til Folk Og Til Slægt that begins with:

Giv af dit Hjerte til Folk og til Slægt,
Venter Du Tak, da er Du en Daare,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 100110011 1111011010 10111011 11111101 101111111 111111011 11111111 11111111 100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, din are repeated.

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  • summary of Giv Af Dit Hjerte Til Folk Og Til Slægt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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