This is an analysis of the poem I Abrahamsons Stambog that begins with:

Tre Ting — o skiærp mit Syn, Kalliope,
Tre sieldne Under ønsker jeg at see:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXaXX XXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXbXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,20,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111110 11101111 11110011 11011111 111011101 100111101 1111101101 1100011101 1110111101 11011011 11111011 1111010100 11101111 100111100 110111111 110100101 111111101 1101011111 1111111 0111011111 111110101 11111111 101001101 10110100 11011111010 0101010111 11111110111 110010101 100011111 111110111 111011101 11011111 1111111 0111011101 110101101 1101011101 1111111 1101111101 1110010111 1111111100 1011011101 1101011001 11100011 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 568
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, en, ja, hans, naar are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tre, ja are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I Abrahamsons Stambog;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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