This is an analysis of the poem Deucalion Og Pyrrha that begins with:

Om første Verdens Undergang fortæl,
Min danske Muse! her et romersk Eventyr,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXXC XdXXXXbXXeXX XXXfXXXXXbbXXXXdXgXhhiXiXXXjdeXXXXXXkeXXXXlXXXX XXXXXX XXXjXXXXmmX keXXXfcXXXccdXXjXXgXeeXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXbbXjXXlXXXXXcXXXXXbXXX XXfXXkXXXdXXX XXXeeXee XeXXXXXdXXXdbXbXXdXXXXXbXXXbXXXXfXaXXXXXXXXeXXXXXXbXXXXbeXXXXXbXXXbXXXXXXXXXXeXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,47,6,11,61,13,8,92,14,16,5,14,29,18,6,5,37,6,25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101001 1110110100 100110011 1111110110 111001011 11111111 100101001 010101011 1011011001110 1010111101 111110100 1101010011 110101111 101101110110 11011101111 11001011001 10100110100 1001001100010 111011100 111011101 11011010 11111110 110010 11000111 111011001100 110001111101 1011010110 1111101 1110101101 100111111 1101110101 110111101 11010111101 111101101110 11110011011 111111110 1111010100 11011100110 100101100 1101011101 1101111 111110101 1111110 1110101111 111101110 110011110110 10110011 111110111 1110001 1111001110 1111011101110 01111110010 10011101100 1111111110 11100111011 111101111110 1001010011 1111111110 1011111101010 111110001 101110100 10011111001 11110111 1111011111 10011111111 111011111110 11000011010001 11111 1110111100 1100011100 110111101 0101101110 1010111000 1101110 100011110111 111110111 111011111 1110011110 101100110110 111111101110 10011100 10011111 1111111111 1100101111100 10111111 10101111110 1101011110 110111111111 1100101 110001110111 11111111 1101111111 111111101101 111000111 111010111 111101111 110111110 11110111010 111111110 1101111 1001101 01101110111 1110110101 111101100010 11110100110 1101111110010 111111011 1111111 1101110011 1111111100 1100110111 1111110100 1010111111 1110110110 11010111 11111110010 110100111001 11111110011 111010011 11110011100 111111011 1111111101 110101100 1111110101 111111011 11010111010 111111111 110111111 111101111111 11101111111 110011110 01111101 11011101 11110111100 1100111101 111111111101 111111101 11111111101 110111110 11101110100 101101110110 1111011101 1110011101110 1110011110100 11101 10110 101111111 110111111 110110110 11110011010 111100100001 111001000 110101111000 11111010 111111101 110111110 111011100110 111111101100 01101110001 1011011 11110010 10011100 101110010 1100011101010 111001110100 101110100 11111111110 10011111010 11110011101 101101010 111011110100 1111111 11011001 1110111010 1101110111 1110100 11111111110 1011101 11110111 10001111010 11100101 111111111 110111101 11111101 11111110 111111011 110101111 111110101 11011111 110110011 111111110 11101110 01010110110 11000111101 1001100111 1011110 1100010111 11110011 1101111 1111100 10011111 110011110 1101011111 11111101110 110111110 11011111111 111101110110 1001010110 10111111 11101111010 110101101 111111 1110111 101010011010 1111111110 1001011100 01011011 1110110101 11010011001 10101111 101010100 110001110101 1001011010 1011100100 111111011111 0111111111 11010100100 11011111110 11001011011 1110100100 11100111010 11011100101 1110110101 1001111011 111011 01111101 011111011 1110110 111011010 101010010 01111101 101001111 11010101010 1101001010 11100111 11101010 011100101 110111010 110111100111 110111111100 111011010 1111110001 110101011 1111111101 1101111 1101110111 11001110011 1111110101 110101100011 11111110111 1111110111 101111111 1101110110 1111001111010 11110111110 11111111101 11101110111 1101011110 10010111110 11011111010 11010111011 1111110001 111100011000 1110011010 111111011 110101110110 1110111111 11010110111 11011111111 11010110111 1111111101 110100111110 11010111011 1100111111 11111100 0100001 111111010 101110111 11111010 11110111 0101001100 1001110001 100111110 10111110010 11111010010 1101110 1111110110 1011111100 111111011 111110111 111101010 11011110 11010111011 11001111110 11011101111 1111110 110110111 1111111111 111111111111 11011001101 111111101 111110101 1101111011 1101001001 11011101 11111001 1111011 11111101 1101011101 111111011 100111 110011001 1011011111 11011011101 100110110 111101110110 1111101 111011000 011111 11011111011 10011100 110101111 111110101 11111011 11111010010 11010 110101110110 111111000 0111111011 010111110100 11011100110 111011001 11011111 1011111 100111100 101101010 1101111010 110101110 111101010 1111101 11111110 01100101 111101110 1111100100 1010101 110101111 111101100 111111111 111101110101 111111100 11001110101 11000111010 110101101 101111111 1101110110 110111011 11100111101 110111110111 111101101001 10111011100 11101001 110001111110 111101111 110001111 11111110 010111101 1111111 100111101 111001111 10101111 11111111 1111111101 110100111 110100110110 1111100100 111101100 01100111 111100111100 1111011110100 1111011001110 10011111001 1110111110 11111110110 110111111101 11010010 10011111 1111110010 11111010 111100111 11010111110 110110111 100101111 1001111 1111110111 1111110111 1111111 111110001 11011011 100101001 010101011 11111011 111110101 01001111010 11011110111 1111001 1111011 1111 1111011111010 111110111 1111111111 1101011011100 100010110001 1111 11111111 11110 1011100 1011011 1111111 111111010 111111111 111 1101100 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 863
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 433
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, d, i, saa, det, jeg, skal, han, den, som, flye, paa, en, een, t, s, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lycaon, og, at, de, nu, een, hin, s, en, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, se, i, ve, lger, mme, ier are repeated).

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