This is an analysis of the poem Den 1. Fabel. [jeg, Som Mod Mennesker Og Verdens Onde Sæder] that begins with:

Jeg, som mod Mennesker og Verdens onde Sæder
Udtømmet har min Geist, om Dyr og Planter qvæder....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXXXXbXbXXXXcXXXXXdXXXXcXdXXXXXXXeXfXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXaaXXXXffXXXXXXXXbXeXdXbXbbXXXXXXXXbXXXXbeXXXXdbXXdXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 112,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011011 10111111101 111000111101 11010111101 1111111011 1111111101 1111111011 10100111100 111011101100 1110011111 11010111100 1101011100 1111100110 111001110010 11110111001 1111111011 11111110110 110111111101 1110110101 111101100111 1111110101 1111011011010 111101110101 110101110001 11110011111111 110111011 1110111011 11011100111 1110011111 100101111101 11011110111 110110110100 111111111 110101110011 111001110101 11101110101 1111111111 10011110110 11111110011 11101101101 11110111101 11110111111 1101111111 10111111101 11011110111 110111110110 11111110101 1101001111 111111111 11011110111 110011111001 11101110101 111111111111 11011011111 11011110011 11010110111 11101111101 111101110111 1111110011 11011100111 11111111111 1011110100 110011110101 1110110001 11100110101 11111110101 110111110111 1110011011 11101110110 1110110110110 11110110111 1111011111 110111011101 11111111000 11111111110 1111001110 111111111111 11011110110 1011110101 10011111100 101011001110 1101011101100 1111101110 111101110100 11101111101 110010110111 111100110100 11011111 11110111111 110101110010 111000100111 11101110111 11000111010 1110001111100 110011110101 11101111001 111001101100 1111110110 11101010110 111111111000 1110110110 11111011011 111110110100 11010110111 110101110110 111111111110 11101110100 11101100111 11110010111 11011111001 11100111111 1001111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5051
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1000
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, og, r, f, man, en, ved, sin, ve, i, l, den, nu, hver, blant, endnu are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, min, f, en, sin, den are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines der, ger, ve, nge, kker are repeated).

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  • summary of Den 1. Fabel. [jeg, Som Mod Mennesker Og Verdens Onde Sæder];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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