▁in ▁ 6 0 2 ▁families . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁B ost an abad ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁Al phabet ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁well - known ▁po ems ▁of ▁In ger ▁Christ ensen , ▁who ▁was ▁broad ly ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁Den mark ' s ▁most ▁prominent ▁poet . ▁The ▁poem ▁was ▁originally ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁in ▁Dan ish ▁as ▁. ▁ ▁An ▁English ▁language ▁translation ▁by ▁Sus anna ▁Nied ▁won ▁the ▁American - Sc and in av ian ▁P EN ▁Trans lation ▁Prize ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁ ▁Str ucture ▁Al phabet ▁is ▁a ▁system atic ▁poem , ▁in ▁which ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁four teen ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁poem ▁is ▁tied ▁to ▁a ▁letter ▁of ▁the ▁alphabet ▁and ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁lines ▁found ▁in ▁each ▁section ▁is ▁dict ated ▁by ▁the ▁F ib on acci ▁sequence . ▁( The ▁first ▁section , ▁" A ", ▁has ▁one ▁line . ▁The ▁last ▁section , ▁" N ", ▁has ▁ 6 1 0 .) ▁ ▁Th emes ▁Al phabet ▁de als ▁with ▁them es ▁of ▁nuclear ▁war ▁and ▁e colog ical ▁dev ast ation . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁poem ▁progress es ▁and ▁each ▁section ▁length ens , ▁an ▁increasing ▁number ▁of ▁elements ▁related ▁to ▁destruction , ▁death , ▁and ▁e colog ical ▁dev ast ation ▁are ▁introduced . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁review ed ▁in ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 : ▁" As