This is an analysis of the poem Syvende Capitel that begins with:

Nu det var got og vel; dog ei altsammen got;
Thi Fanden (som man veed desværre aldrig slumrer)...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXbXXX XXXXXXXXXcXXdXXXXXXXXeXeeXXXfXXXXXcbXbXfXX XXXeXXXXXXXXXgXX XXXXdhXXXeXcXXXXXdXd ihXiXXXXXX XXeX XXXbXXXgXb XXfXdX aXXaXX jjXXaadXXXXXXXXXXfXXXaXXXfgeXXXXfXhXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,42,16,20,10,4,10,6,6,39,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111001 11011111010 11111111110 11011010100 110111111 01111101 11111110 100111011 11110010 1111111 11111111 11111111111 11110111111 11111111 111111 101100 1111 10011111 11111110 111111101 11010111 110100 110111111100 111111110110 11111101 111101111 1111110111 111101111100 1111001111100 11111111111 1111011111 11111111 110101 1110111100 11011011111 11110011 111100111000 10111001010 110111011 1100111111 11110111010 1100010010 111011101110 11011111101 110111111110 11111101 11101111 1111111 1101011011 1101110101 1111000101 11110100100 1100 10111011010 11000111011 111110111110 1110111011 1011111110 111100 1111101 11111111 1111011000 11111111100 110111100111 1100111010 111111111 010111110001 111111101011 110101110100 1101111111 100101111101 11111011101 110110110100 1101101101010 110101110101 1011001101010 111101110111 100111110100 110101111011 10101101100100 110101100101 1111111111 01010111100 11011001111 11010111111 11111110100 111110110 111111010100 110111110 011111011 110111101101 100101011 111101111 110111110 11100011011 11111110100 111101100110 11111111011 1101111111 111011110 111111111100 110001110000 10111100 1100111101 111111111110 1111001111010 11110011 110101111101 1101111001 1101111001 1000111 10111111011000 11101001 11111110 111001100 101011111 110101000 110111111110 11111111100 100111101 1011100111 1001111111 11111001 11110010 11111111 1101100101 111010111 1011111111 111111110111 01101111 111111101 11110111010 1111110 101001111010 11111100 1101011110 1101111110000 1011110100 111101111 1111011111 0101111010 11011110010 111110111101 1111011100 11011111 1111110101 110111111 101100011111 10100101010 111101111 01111101101 11111111 10011000 1111011010 10011101110 111110000 111001001110 111101101 111110111110 11101101 11111101 1101101011010 111101111101 110111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 689
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 164
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; han, i, at, og, ei, saa, det, jeg, du are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines k, ge, re, gter, op are repeated).

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

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