This is an analysis of the poem Lissabons Ynkelige Undergang Ved Jordskiælv that begins with:

Ulykkelige Stad for alle dem, der findes
Paa noget Krønnik-Blad, saa vidt Europa mindes!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXbXXcXXdXeaXfXXXXgaXXXXXXXaahh XXXXaXXXdgXijjXeXXXXddXXXXXXddXXjjkXXXXX XXXjXXhXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXeXXhhXXXXXXccXXeXeXllXXhc XXeXXXXXXhbbXdhX XXXhiiXiXbhXXeXXeXeXfXdXXXeXXXXXXXXXXXXXddeXXXXkXXXXXXXX XXeXXXXXXXhhXXXXXXmmXXhXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,40,48,16,56,48,48,28,56,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001111110 110111101010 010111010101 111111110110 0110011111 111100111101 11110110111 11001111101 11111110111 010111110111 111111010110 11111111101 01111111110100 11001111111 111101101111 0110111101 111101110110 110111110110 11110110111 111001110101 111110101110 1111011111010 11011110011 0101011101 11111111011 10111110111 11101100111 110111110111 1111011111 011111101110 1110111111 1111111111 11111111111 11111110011 111111110100 110100100111 1111111011 11011111011 11011111111 11110111011 111101101110 11011110110 1110010111 1101101111 110101111010 110111111010 11111110100 110111111101 11011111010 10111101101 1110110101 1110111011 11011100111 1111111101 011111111101 11111111101 110111110101 0101111111 111111110110 11110101110 11111110110 11010111010 1111101101 1101101111 11110011111 110111101 1111011111 11011011111 1111011000010 11111111110 11011111100 11010110111 01111101111 111101110111 110111111111 1111111111 0110110111 1111111011 11010011101 11011111011 110110111101 11011111011 11111100111 111111101110 11110111111 11111100011 11011111111 10110111011 110101010111 11111111111 11111111101 111100111111 1111101110100 11110110110 1111110111 1111001101 111101110111 111111011 0111111111 111111011 11001110011 1101111110 11010111111 11111110111 01101110101 0110101101 11110111111 11111110111 1101111101110 1110111111110 01111111111 11011111101 111101110110 1110001111 110111010111 111111110101 101101111110 1111100111 11110101011 110101110111 01111110011 110101101001 111111111111 111001100001 111111101 11111111011 111111110 111111110111 11111111111111 111111101 1101010101111 11111110101 1101111101 1110111110 1111110001 110111110111 11111011111 11110110111 111001111 110001111101 11111110110 1101001101010 11111111111 111111011 1111011101100 1111011101100 110101110101 1001111111 1111111111 01101100111 0111111101 1111111111 1111110111 11010111101 11010111111 110111001111 1111111110 11100110101 11110111100 1101111001 11111110101 11110110101 111000111111 11111110101 111111111 11111111101 11011100110 110111110101 110101100010 110101110110 110111110111 11011110001 11011110111 110101111001 110011110001 11110111111 1111101111 1110011001 1111111111 1111111110 111111110111 111101111101 1111011111 111111110 01011011010 111111011010 1111011100111 10110111111 111011111 11101111101 11011111111 11111110111 111101111001 1111111110 1101111110 11110011101 11111111010 1111111101 1101111011 10110111111 1110111110 1100111101 1101111011 11011111011 11011101111000 110011110010 1110111101 11111110101 01111111111 111111111111 1001011110110 11110111111 1111010110 111111110010 111111100110 11010011101 111101110101 1101111101 100101110111 1101011111 1101111101100 10101111010 11100110011 0111111111 111101110110 11101110111 1111110001 110101110101 111101110111 111101110111 11110111110 1111111111 11011010111 11111111111 111001100101 111001111 11010111111 1111111101 111101110101 1111111011 1011011111100 1111111100010 110101111111 110111111001 110111111110 111111111 11110110110 110100110001 110011110111 0111111101 110111111011 1101111111 110100110110 0110001111 0101111011 11111110111 11011011101 01111111001 110011110111 11011111011 11111111111 1111011111 011101100111 111111110111 01111111111 110100111111 111111101 11110101101 11010111110 1111110110 010101111101 111110111111 110111110111 1100111111 1111110111 110111111111 11111100101 110011110110 11111111111 110001110101 11111111011 110101111111 11010101001 111101110111 111011101101 1101011111 11010111011 110111111101 111101111100 11011111010 11100111111 111111110111 0111111111 111110011110 1111111011 100101110001 110111111011 11111110111 11011111100 110111111101 01111110001 11011111111 111101110111 11111111101 11101110011 11110111011 11011111111 11101010101 1111111111010 101101111110 111001110111 11101111111 11101111110 1111111011010 111011111 111111111011 1111111110 1101111111100 110101110010 11011011101 11001111101 1110111111 111111110111 11111111011 1111111101 11111111011 010111110101 10111111101 1000111001 1101011011111 110101110100 1111111111 1011101101100 1101011101010 111111111 11111111 1110111101 10011111111 111111111 1101111111 11001110111 11101111110 11101110111 101111110111 111111111110 111101110010 111111111001 11010111111 11110111111 11111111110 1111111111 11111110101 110111110011 11011110111 1101111011 1111011111 11101101101 110111111101 0111111011 11110111111 110111111111 11111110010 11111111011 11010111101 110011111011 11110011111 111111101 11011110101 110101110111 111111010111 11111010111 011101110111 111111100111 111101110111 11111111011 1111011101110 11110111111 111111111 111100111001 11100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1974
  • Average number of words per stanza: 410
  • Amount of lines: 380
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; som, en, din, og, i, du, dig, dag, de, e, saa, r, hvad, d, paa, kand, dine, der, v, at, vi, den, snart, af, sin, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvad, som, kand, de, at, saa are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, de, rre, mme, den, r, ndt, rne, ver, e, re, yet, der, rt, se, vet are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word e at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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