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

O ja, jeg elsker dette Land,
Hvor Havet slaar Ring om Øen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXXX XbXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX cXcccXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,11,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 1101111 11111101 10011011 11111111 110111110 111010011 11111111 010111111 110111101 110110100 1111000 010011011 111101 110111 1001011 1111011 110101 110111111 10001110 111111 11011111 111001110 101101101 10101101 11011111 0111010 11111001 1111011 11111111 1111101 110111 111010111011 11111011 1111101 101111 11111101 110111 111111 11111111 1101011 110111111011 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; en, det, r, og, saa, jeg, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r is repeated).

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

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