This is an analysis of the poem Paradiset that begins with:

Gud planted en Have fra Øst til Vest,
Til Jordklimpe-Folket herneden,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaB XXXXB cXXXB XXXXB XXXcB XXXXB dXdXB XXXXB XXXXB XXXXB dXXXB XXcXB XXXXB aXaXB XXXXB XacXB XXXXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111 11010100 11010111 11100110 111101010 11111111 1111101 11010111 11001110 111101010 11111111 111111 1100101100 1101101 111101010 01111111 111111 1101101101 110111 111101010 111111101 11111011 1111101011 1111101 111101010 110011111 1110111 1100110110 11111 111101010 01111111 110011010 11110111 11111010 111101010 11111111 1101111 111011111 111111 111101010 111101101 1111111 10111111 1101111 111101010 11010011 110111 11011111 11011011 111101010 11111111 111111 1110101111 1111011 111101010 1101101101 0111111 1101101111 11011001 111101010 1100111010 010011 11111111 1100111 111101010 1101011101 1101111 1100111101 10011111 111101010 1111101111 1111110 1101101111 111111110 111101010 1100101101 1101111110 111011111 1111100 111101010 1111101101 1111001 11111111 1010110 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word paradis at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Paradiset;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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