This is an analysis of the poem Sypigen that begins with:

Med Fingre stive af Stræb,
med Øjne svulne af Graad...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXAaXa XbXbXXXc XXXXXXXX XdXdAXXX XXXeeXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXeXXcXc abXbcXXX XXXXaaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 11111 111000101 111011 111 111111 1111111 110101 111 1101011 1111 1101011 01011011 11011000 110111101 11111001 111 111010 111 111010 11111 11111 11001011011 110011111 111111 11111101 1011011011 1101001 111 111100 11101101 1100111 110111 11000110 1110101 11011111 11011111 110101 1111011010 1111001 11011 1111001 1101111001 11011011 111111001 111111 111111011 1111010 111 1101011 111 110111 11111 11111 11011101 1111101 111 11001000 1111 11001000 11101001 0101011 1101101001 11011101 11111001 11111 1111001 111011 111101 111101 110111111 110111 111101 1111011 111111011 111111 111111111 111111 110111010 0101011 11111 11111 111000101 111011 111 1111101 11111101 111111001 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sting, b, str, sl, og, m, i, d, l, et are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word str 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 se is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase baand connects the lines.

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

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