This is an analysis of the poem Til De Syge Typografer that begins with:

Det er en stille Gjærning den at sætte
med rappe Fingre Ordene paa Naal,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XbcbXX XXaXXX XXXXXX XdXdXa XbXbcX XXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 1111011 1100011111 11111111 10110110010 01011100100 1101011110 110101101 11010101110 10111011 11010101010 101111100 1101110010 110101111 110111110 110111101 111111100 011100111 1100001101 110101011 1101011101 1110111111 1111111 111111111 11101011110 1111110001 100111010 11101111 0111111010 0111011110 111101101 111110111 111111 111110101 11111101110 1101111000 111111111 110111110 1111110011 11110010 1111111111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Til De Syge Typografer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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