This is an analysis of the poem Den Første Dag Paa Jord that begins with:

Den første Dag paa Jord
Hver Søndag er tilstæde!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXXX bXbXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1101 11101 111111 100111 11011 11110 1111010 11100 111101 11011 1101100 111101 1101100 111101 100001 1111110 111010 111111 11101 11011 11111 11101 11001 11111 1101 110111 11101 110111 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; s, d, dets are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Den Første Dag Paa Jord;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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