This is an analysis of the poem Marionetspillet that begins with:

Höistærede Publikum! her vil
vi före op et Skuespil....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXbXXXcXXXX X XDDXcXefXXXbXXXgXXXXXbXXaahhXXXXXXDDeX eXXX XXcgX XXa XX XXaXXX XiXXX XeX XXX XXX XXX XXi XXX XXX XX XjXXeiaXXXX XX XXX XXX XXX XX Xk h XXXllbbXXXaXXllXXj Xj XXXie XXlX XXXXXXX Xm XX XXX XX Xf Xcc XXX XXX X X XXXXiXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,1,38,4,5,3,2,6,5,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,11,2,3,3,3,2,2,1,18,2,5,4,7,2,2,3,2,2,3,3,3,1,1,25,2,2,2,2,1,3,2,2,2,3,2,2,5,2,3,4,2,4,4,20,25,4,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 111110 1101011 110011 11001100 1100011 111011 11100111 11010100 11111110 011101 11111010 110110 100111101 1101111 10101101 110010011 10001111 1111101 1110111 11010011 011111001 1100101101 110111101 11001110111 111100100011010111110101101111010110 100 110111 1111101 111111 1101011 1111100 1011111010 111111111 1101100111011 110111110 11111110 111111011 0101111 11111111 110111111 1101111 111111 10100001 1111111 11 1111111 1111001101 10110110 1111011 111100101 111011110 11010101 1011011110 110111110 111011111 11111110110 1011 1101110 10110010110100101101011010010 110111 1111101 110 11011111 1010 1111100 11110111 1101101 1001 11011001 11011001111 1 110001110 10 111101110 11010101 100 01110101 10 111111001 1110101 11101010 11111101 1110011 1001 110100110 1110100101 111111100 111110010 10 100101110 10111001 100 100111111 1101100010 10 110111101 1101101001 100 10101100 1101111101 10 010010110 11101111 100 110111111 1011010011 10 110101100 1100110100 10010111 1101111010 10 111111 101111111 101111 1010110110 101001111 111111 1010110 111111 110011111 11011110 100 11001100 10 11011111 10001110 100 10011000 101011111 10 110101100 100111 100 10111110 10 111111 111111001111011111010111111110110101101 101000 11010111 1110011 11111111 10111101011 11101111 11100111 11100100 11010111 1001111 111000111 1111010010 11111011110 01111010 1010011110 111111 1111111 11111111 10010111 1111111 10 0111111 1110000 1011111 110111010 100 011101101 11101011111 100011100 100000 1011110110 11011111 0111111 1100111110 1110111110110 1 1100 11011110 10 1111000 1 10110111 01110101 1 10010101 1 1111101 1 100111101 101010111 10 0011111011 0111010 1011010 111100 11101110 0101011 111101011111111110 10 10111001110 1101111010 11101101 101111111 111110 11101100 101111110 1111100011 111111011 100101111011 11110110111110111 1111100101 1111101 101111111 1011011100 10111100 111111110 1111011 1101101101 11101111101 111001011010 11011101010111110 110110111 100111011 1100 101001111 10 1100001000 1 110011110 1 111101100 110111010111101 10 111111110 111111111 10 11100010 1011110110 1111111 110 1010 110 110 111011010 11 1111101110 1 1101101110 10101 001011101 11011111 0101101111 110011111 11000110 1111 11 1101 1100110111 10 101111010111 101010101011011 011111101 10 1111000100 10 111101010 1101110100 1101101110 10 111101101 010111111 011011101 10 10101111101001111101000011001011100111 11001111 111101110 101011101 111001110 11101111110 1101111100 11010110110110110110110111 110101111 11111111 11111111 10101101 11001111 110100101 1100101 101011111000 11101111010 111111011 101110 1000001100000 110100110 110011101 11101111 110010111 11010101 11111111 110100111 111011001 1111111 111111 11011011010 1101011000 10111101 1101000111 111010100 110111110 111111 1111001010 11011100 10111010 10111110010 10101111011 101111111 1000101010 111011100 1111111 1101011 111 10110 101101 0111 1000 101 11111 100001 11011 11011 11011 101111 111 11001 101101 1001 111011 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 64
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 337
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; det, og, er, en, i, d, han, for, mig, de, jeg, ei, af, den, re are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words en, verten 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 e, ie, d, rd, re, nker, de, kket, rdig, hest are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase de connects the lines.

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  • summary of Marionetspillet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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