This is an analysis of the poem Modersmaalet that begins with:
Moders Navn er en himmelsk Lyd,
saa vide som Bølgen blaaner;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX aXaaXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101101 111110 1010111 1111010 1111111 1111111 11100 10001101 1101100 11101111 1101111 1111111 1111111 11100 10001100 1111100 1110111 11011010 1111111 1111111 11100 10001100 11101101 1011111 111111 1111111 1111111 11100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; s, dt, i, d, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words s, som are repeated.
The author used the same word modersmaal at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word let at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Modersmaalet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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