This is an analysis of the poem Menneske Først Og Christen Saa that begins with:

Menneske først og Christen saa
Kun det er Livets Orden,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXX bXbcXbX XXXXXXX XXdXXXX XXXdXaX XXeXXXX XXXXeXX XXdcffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1101010 10111111 111110 1101100 1101111 1111010 111111 110011 1111100 111110 11010111 1110111 1101010 1011101 111100 1111101 11001 11011101 110110 110010 10111101 110111 1111111 111110 10010111 11100111 110101 1011111 110100 1011111 11111 1111101 11111100 101111 1101111 11101 1101011 11111 10111101 11001101 110111 1011101 101101 10011101 10111 111111 1111011 11011 111111 11011 1111101 11111 01001101 11011011 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; de, og, var are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Menneske Først Og Christen Saa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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