This is an analysis of the poem Nu, Moder, Hvor Du Stedes that begins with:

Nu, Moder, hvor du stedes,
Gud lad dit Hjærte glædes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaa bbXX cXXX XcXX cXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 11111 11001100 1111111 11011100 11111100 11010101 1111111 11111 1111011 11011101 1111110 101110 1111110 1111110 10011011 1101111 11011100 11111 111111 11111101 1101111 11011101 1101111 1101111 1011110 111011 1010110 11011011 11011111 111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; jeg, d, og are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word jeg 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, kke, de are repeated).

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  • summary of Nu, Moder, Hvor Du Stedes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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