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

Halvdød af Puf og Skræk han laae et par Minuter -
De Sorte fik ham endeligen op...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbXXXXXcXXdXdXXeXXXXeXfghhgeXXXXcXXXX XXccXXXXXXXXXhXXXXhhiiccbXXbXXggXjXXkkXXXXXcX XgXXhXXfXXkjXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXcXdc XXXXXdeXXXjiiXiXXXXdXhdXXXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,45,38,29,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111100 011110001 110111101 11111111000 10011111001 11111011110 1111111100 100101110 1011110000 1101011010 110111101 1111101101010 11111111 110111011 111111110 111110011 1111110101 111110110000 11011101001 11010011110 110101111101 11011111 1100010 110110101 110111100 11101100100 111011111 11110110 11010010010 1111111011 111010100 1111111111100 11101100101 111111001 111111111010 1001110111 110001011 10111011110 1111101110 1100111111 11101110101 0101101111 110111111 110101111111 111111011 110010111 1100101110 111111101010 11111111111 1111010111 1111011011 111001111101 1110011111 1101111000 11110111111 1111101111 111110111000 110001111101 11110011110 1101101101110 101110110101 1111111101 11110111111 110100111101 111101110101 111100110100 111111111 11111111110 1111111010 1111011111 110101011101 11111111011 111111001 111101110111 10110011111 11110111101 11100111101 11010111111 11111111111 1111101111 111111111 10110011111 110111111111 101111011 11011011100 111001101 1100110111 1100011101 11011111111 11110111110 11011100 110110100 1111011010 11010011 111111110011 111101111 1111110101 11111110111 1111111111 1111111001 1000100010 10011100 1101111 110101110110 111001000 11111110010 1011101011 111001111100 11110110 1101111111100 1101110 11110111 1110010 11101110110 110110110111 1100111010011 11111 1011111111 110101101 10110100111 111111001 111110001 111011111 10010111001 110101111 110111101 1111111111 1111010 1111110111 111101101 11111101101 011001001 10011111 1101110011 11110101 110111101 110111111 110111001101 11101111 10110110111 1111011111 111101 11111010111 101111100 111111110 11010010001 101111011 11111111 1111101 10100111 111111111 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1602
  • Average number of words per stanza: 319
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • 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; i, paa, var, det, jeg, den, d, at, er, kom, du, tag, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, i, som, og are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines det is repeated).

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  • summary of Tredie Capitel;
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