This is an analysis of the poem Klage-Sang Over Skiødehunden: Maske that begins with:

Bland Muse, bland din Graad med Arabelles Taarer!
For Efterslægten klag den fromme Piges Nød! -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXXXXXbXX XXXXXbXXcXcdXcXXXXXXdeXeXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXfdf XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXbXbXXXXXXXXXdXd XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,112,40,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111100010 1100111101 1110011110 11111110101 11100111101 1101110101 11110110101 110101111001 10111110101 111101110100 111111111111 1110111111 1011111111010 11111111101 111101111010 110100110001 1111011101 1110110001 111000111001 11111111101 11110110100 11110111011 111001111110 11010111100 111100111111 11111111100 11101110111 1101111011 101100110111 110001100111 1101001101 1110111010 110101100100 0111110010 11110110101 110011010101 1111111011110 11110111101 11111110111110 111001111111 11110010011 10110110110 11111111111 11001110111 11110011011 110111111 110101110110 1111111110 100111100011 101101101111 11011111110 10110111011 11111100111 11001110110 1101111101 11011011011 10011111111 11011111111 11111110101 11011110111 111111111111 111100111110 1111111111 1111111100 0111111111 1111111101 11111110001 11111111011 0111111101 1100111100 011111101 1111111100 11111110111 11111110001 11111111101 1111011111 111111110110 1001010111 1101110101 11111110111 1101011110 11100111000 10111111111 11111011100 1111111001 1101011001 11010110111 1110111111 0110111100 11111100111 11111100111 1010011101 111111100010 111101110001 1111111111110 110111111101 111111101111 11110111001 1111111011 11011110001 10111110101 1111111111110 11110111111 10111111110 11101100011 110111110011 11111010011 11111111101 101111110010 101111111111 1110111101110 11111110001 1101111111110 0111011111 111101111110 1100011111 11001011100 111111111 1100011101110 111111111 111101111000 11111110001 111111110000 111001100110 01100110010 1111011101 111101110011 1101011101101 111111100010 11111111101 1111111111010 11100111101 111011011101 11110111011 111100110111 11010110011 11110110110 1111110110 1111011111 101100111110 110111100101 11111111100 0111111001 11101110001 011111111 1001111011 1111111111101 1111011101 1111101111000 111101110100 1110111011 110001111000 11111101110 110101110001 111111101110 110110111111 1100111111 11010111100 1100111101 1011110110 11001101011010 11011111011 1111111101110 11100111110 111111100010 11011111111 1111011100010 11110111111 1111111101 11111110001 111101100111 11101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 408
  • Amount of lines: 172
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; d, i, de, og, med, af, den, hun, sig, o, dig, en, dens, paa, saa, ski are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

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  • summary of Klage-Sang Over Skiødehunden: Maske;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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