This is an analysis of the poem Mit Modersmaal that begins with:

Du dyrebare Tolk før mine Tanker,
Hver blomst, jeg i min Billedverden sanker,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011110 11111100010 0101111100 1110010 110100100 11100011 111111110 1111111111 110011101 1110011010 11111100010 1100110110 11011101 01111101 01010111 111101000 111101110 11000110 110101101 11001111 111101110 1111101101 1110110111 1101111101 110111100 1001010111 10011100 1101101110 1101101000 111111111 1111111111 1101011111 111101011 011011101 1011011 1101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, de, saa, og, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvad, du, saa are repeated.

    The author used the same words hvad, min 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 der, de are repeated).

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  • summary of Mit Modersmaal;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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