This is an analysis of the poem Tredje Sang 1 that begins with:

Halvdød af Puf og Skræk han laa et Par Minuter.
De Sorte fik ham endeligen op...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbXXXXX cX XdbdXX eXXXXXeXXfggfeXXXXcXXXX XXccXXXXXXXXXgXXXXgghhccbXXbXXffXiXXjjkXXXXcX XfXXXXXXXjXcXcXXXXXXX XXgXXXXXj iXXXXXXXXXbXXXXhXXkXccXXbc XXc XXXXXdeXXbihXXhXXXXdXgdXXXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,2,6,23,45,21,9,26,3,29,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111100 011110001 110111101 11111111000 10011111001 11111011110 1101011100 1001011111 110111011 1100100000 110111101 111111101010 111111111 1101101101 11101111 111110011 1111110101 111110110000 10111101001 11010011110 11100110 111111101 11111011 11000111010 1110110101 110111100 11101100100 111011111 11110110 11010010010 1111111011 1101010101 1111011101 11101100101 111111001 11111111010 1001110111 110001111 1011101110 111111011100 11001111 111110101 0101101111 110111111 110101111111 111111011 110010111 1100101110 1111111010 11111111111 1111010111 1111011011 111001111101 1110011111 1101111000 11110111111 1111101111 111110111000 110001111101 11110011110 1101101101110 101110110101 1111111101 11110111111 110100111101 111101110101 111100110100 111111111 11111111110 1111111010 11110101111 11010101111 11111111011 111111001 111101110111 11110011111 11110111101 11100111101 11010111111 11111111111 1111111111 1111111110 11110011111 110111111111 101111011 110110111 111001101 1100110111 1110011100 111110 110101111001 11001110100 1110010110 1001101000 10011111111 11011011011 01010100110 1111101 11001110 111011011 11111001 111111110 111001100 1101001111 0101000111 111000111 111111011 1100011101 110111111 11110111110 110111000 110110100 111101101 11010011 111111110011 111001111 10111110101 11111110111 11111110001 1011111001 1000100010 10011100 1101111 110101110110 111000100 11111110010 1101111011 111001111100 11110110 1101111111100 10101110 11110111 1110010 111011101110 1101101101110 110011110011 11111 1111 1101 11111111 1111101 10110100111 11110011111 111110100 11011111 110101110 1101011111 110111101 1111111111 1111010 1111110111 111101101 11111101101 011001001 10011111 11010110011 11110101 110111101 1101000111 110111001101 11101111 1110110111 1111011111 11111 11111010111 101111100 101111110 11001001 101111011 11111111 1111101 11011111 111111111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 711
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 174
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; jeg, og, den, d, var, at, hvorfor, det, ved, kom, du, tag, i, saa are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ja at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Tredje Sang 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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