This is an analysis of the poem Første Bogs Tyvende Elegie that begins with:

For vort bestandige Venskabs Skyld jeg varer dig, Gallus!
Lad det ey atter igien glemt din Erindring undflye....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXbXcXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXdXbXXXdaXXXXcXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101110110 1111010111001 1010111111001 11100110101 1011011011011001 10001101010 101100111110101 1010011111 100101011010010 1010110111101 1011110100010 1010011101 1111111110110 10110101111011 11001011101010 1001011111001 111011011110010 101101111001 110011000101 101010111101 0111001111111010 1011011011001 1111010011111 10111111101 11101100010 1010101100 111111110010 10110111011001 1111111110010 101101111001 1011001111011 101111100001 011110101001010 101001101101 110101100111110 1111101001 1111011010101 1010010111101 110111010101 100001110101 11111110101001 111011111101 1001011111110111 11111111011 11101001010010 110011111101 1010111101010 1010111111001 11101001110110 101011101101 11110111011110 1011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2879
  • Average number of words per stanza: 502
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, ey, paa, den, v, han are repeated.

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  • summary of Første Bogs Tyvende Elegie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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