This is an analysis of the poem Som Venus, Mercurius, Mars Og Vor Jord that begins with:

Som Venus, Mercurius, Mars og vor Jord,
Saturnus, hans Søn og hans Fader,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabX XcXX XXcXdd XeXe XXdXXX XXXe XXXXcc XXXX XXXXXX XffX bXbXXX XXXd XXXgXa XXgX XXXXXX eXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001111 100111110 110111001 11011010 1101110111 11001010001 111011011011 110011001 1111110101 11011001 111011101 1111101100 1110011111 110111100 11101111 10011111 111011110001 110011111 1101101001 11011111 10001011011 111111 11011011011 111111 1111111001 110111001 111111110110 110011010 111110110100 111011 1101111010 01110100 0101011101 100100100 0101001011 01010111011 11111011011 111101 110011111011 1101101 111100101 11110100 11011011010 110110010 1101001011 111011101 1101110101110 1101111 11100100110 11010011 11010011111 110110110 1101101101 110010100 1101001010 1101011101 110111001110 110111 11001111100 1101001 111101101 11011011 11011100001 01111101 10110001010 1111001110 111111111 1101110 1101111010 1101011 101011001 1101101 1100101101 011101 1101101000 1000100110 11101111001 10100110 11011111 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; pletter, du, d, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word du is repeated.

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  • summary of Som Venus, Mercurius, Mars Og Vor Jord;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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