This is an analysis of the poem Det Fortvivlede Mord that begins with:

Hvad Ondt kan Spil dog ikke foraarsage!
Nys har man et Eksempel set;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXX XXXXXcXX XdXXXXXdXXeX XXae XXXXXecXXXXXXX cdXXXXXXcXcX fgXX XXdXXXeXXXXXXXXXXXXXfXXXXcXXgXXXXXeXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,12,4,14,12,4,38,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111100 11111001 110100110111 11011110 1011011100 11101110101 1101101 1111111101 11011110100 110101110101 10111001 11111101110 110011111 110100110010 1110110110 11001111 10011100010 110110101 1111001100 1101011110 1111110111 100101111110 11011101000 110011 1101111101 011111111 111111101 110100100 1101101010 10011111100 111011 1010101101 110101010 100111100011 100101111010 110101011 1111111101100 10101111101 1001010010 1111111110 1101010101 01101111 100111111 01110111110 0110100110 1000101 1001001111010 1111101 1111011110 1111101 110111111000 111010111 11111111 111111100 10100101110 1011111 1011110010 10111001 110111101 1001110111 11110111001 100011 11111111 1101100011 11100011110 110001110 11000010111 1110110 11110111111 110100 1101110111 111111100 1110001001 11010111 11011011110 11100111 1111101110 1101110111 10010110100 11010101 0111011101110 11111111 11111011 10111111101 100110110 11010111011 1011111 111111111010 11101001 100111110100 11110111 110101111110 1000110111 1111111010 111111001 10001110010 110001101 101111110111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; med, og, paa, hans are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word perdu is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, gt are repeated).

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  • summary of Det Fortvivlede Mord;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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