This is an analysis of the poem Fat Mod, Du Jord, Vær Frisk Og Glad that begins with:

Fat Mod, du Jord, vær frisk og glad!
Nu skifter Tid, nu vendes Blad,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XXXXXX XXaXXX XXXXbX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXbbX XXXbbX ccXaXa XXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 11011101 111110 11111111 111111 11011 1101111 101011 110101 1111110 11011110 111101 11111101 11010011 11111 1101111 110111 1110 111011 111011 111110 111110 11011111 11110 1111111 111111101 11101 1110111 11011110 101111 11010101 11011101 11111110 11100111 11100111 1111010 1111111 111111 1110100 01111 0110111 1101110 1000111 1111101 111101 111111 1101111 110001 11011101 11011101 11110 1111111 111111 110101 1111101 10011101 0100110 11010101 111111 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; nu, og, paa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nu, i, og, see, de, paa are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Fat Mod, Du Jord, Vær Frisk Og Glad;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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