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

Nu var det godt og vel; dog ej altsammen godt;
Thi Fanden, som man ved fast aldrig slumrer,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXaXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXbXXXXX XXXX XccXXXdXXXXXeaXfXdXX XXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXbXXXXcXeXXXXXbXb ghXgXXXXXX XXcX XXXfXXXXXa XXXXXXcXdcXX fXXfXXXXXXffiXXXXXXXiXXXXXXXXXXdXXXfXXXXicX XXXdXhXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,8,4,20,17,20,10,4,10,12,43,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111001 11011111010 11111111110 11011010100 110111111 01111101 111111100 100111011 111100100 11101111 11111111 111111111111 11110111111 11111111 111111 101100 11110 10011111 11111110 111111101 110101110 110100 1101111111000 111111110110 111111001 100111111 1111110111 111101111100 1101001111100 111111111111 1111011111 11111111 1101010 11101110100 11011011111 11110011 111100111000 10111001010 110111011 1100111111 11110111010 1100010010 111011101110 11011111101 110111111110 11111101 11101111 1111111 11010110111 1101110101 1111000101 11110100100 11000 111111010 11000111011 111110111110 1110111011 10111111 111 11100100 1111101 11111111 1111011000 110111100111 1100111010 111111111 010111110001 10111101101110 110101110100 11010001110 11011111011 1101111101 11111011101 110111110100 1101011101010 110101110101 1011001101010 111101110111 100111110100 110101111011 111101100100 110101100101 1111111111 010111100 11011001111 11010111111 11111110100 111110110 111111010100 110111110 011111011 110111101101 100101011 1111101111 110111110 11100011011 11111110100 111101100110 11111111011 11011110111 1011011110 111111111100 110001110000 10111100 100100111101 111111111110 111100111110 111100111 110101111101 1101111001 1101111001 1000111 10111111011000 11101001 1110111110 110111110 11100110 11011110 110111101100 111111110 1111101 111111101 1100100111 1001111 1101011111 1111100 100111101 1101100111 10011111111 11111001 11110010 11111111 1101100101 11101010110 1001010111101100 11101110110111 01101111 111111101 1101011001 10010111010 1110110110 1111111101 1001001000110 11001111010 10001011100110 1000111101010 1100110011 11111 011101110110 11011110 1101011110 1101111110000 1011110100 111101111 1111011111 0101111010 11011110010 111001111101 1111011100 11011111 1111110101 110111111 101100011111 10010011010 111101111 0111011011010 11111111 10011000 1111011010 10011101110 111110000 111001001110 111101101 111110111110 11101101 101111101 11011010110100 111101111101 110111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 591
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 179
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, og, ej, efter, saa, de, at, op, jeg, er, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, saa, han, din 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 Sang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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