This is an analysis of the poem Den Gamle Kiæmpe Cometes that begins with:

Jeg er en gammel Kiæmpe stærk,
Mit Legem blusser sundt;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXbX XXXX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXcX XXXX XXXX XcXX XaXa XXXX XXXX bdXX XXXX XbbX Xbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 11110101 11010 110101 111110111 110111 111111 110111 111101 11111111 1101100 11110 1111111 110101 1100101 111101 11111100 111100 111111111 11101 1011110 10111 11011100 1101 11011111 110111 11011101 110001 1111100 11101 11010111 110111 110111111 110100 1101011 1111111 11100111 10010 11110111 110101 111110 11011 01111111 1111111 1111111 11101 101111 110101 11110101 11111 1101011 111100 11011101 1101011 11010100 111111 101111 110111 11110100 11101 11111001 10111 1111111 11011 11111111 11111 110110 11101 1111111 1111 11101101 11011 1111111 1011 1111111 101101 1101011 111111 1011011 11100 11010110 1111111 11111001 1111 111111 111111 11010100 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, og are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words og, jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Den Gamle Kiæmpe Cometes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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