This is an analysis of the poem Den 11. Fabel that begins with:

Saa syndig Lyst tog til med tusinde Ulykker,
Og Skovens Krønnik blev fyldt op med Sørge-Stykker....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXbbXXXXXXXbXXXcXdXXXXXeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXeeXeeXXXffXXeXggXXXXcXXXdXXXXXXXaaXXhXXXXXXXeXXXXXXXeecXXXXXeXXXiiXXXXXXeXXXXeXXXXXXeXXXeeXXXXXXgdXXXXgXXXhhXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXgXXXXXXggXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 188,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111110100 11011111110 11000110110 11010110111 11111100110 11010111101 11010111111 1101110011 0110011111 11101110111 110101110101 1110111011 1101110111 111001100110 101101110010 11100111011 111111110 110101100011 11101111101 111011011101 1110111110 11010011101 11101101111 11010111011 1110111011 11010101101 11011111111 11111111 11010111111 11110110101 110100110110 1110111100 11010011111 111001111001 11011111101 110100111100 11111101100 01100110110 110101110111 1101001011 11010111011 110101100111 1110111111 1110111111 100011110010 1111111101 11101110101 11011110101 110101110101 111001110111 100101111111 100111110 10000111011 01010111101 11010111011 1001111101 0101001101100 110101011101 110101111101 110101110 111101100100 11011111101 111000110101 0110111111 110110111010 11011110101 11010110011 11011110100 110101111010 11101111110 11111110101 110111111 111110111 11101111101 10010011101 1101111110 1101011101010 110100111111 11100111101 11111110101 11011111101 11001111111 11011111101 10110111101 1101111110010 1010001111010 11101111001 110101110101 11010110110 11101110111 1110110111 111111111 1101011110010 111011101100 011110011 110111110111 1101111110 1101011111 1001110011 11010111101 111100110110 111001111010 1110111111 111111111 0111111011 11100111111 01011110101 11101110101 11010111111 11011110110 111001111101 111101111000 01010010101 11101101101 110100111111 11010111011 011111001 11010101110 110100110101 11010111101 110101111101 11110011111 111011011 110000110010 10011110110 11100110101 10010011101 11010110101 11011111010 11111101000 01011110100 1101011011 01100111000 1110011111000 1100011110 1101111010 110111110111 1110110101 111011001 1100110111 111111110010 110111110110 111111111 10101011101 11110111011 1110011011 11110110011 111101110101 1111111101 10111111111 11101100110 111011111 100101110101 11111100101 11011110101 10010110011 111011101010 111011101110 010101111101 11011110101 010101110111 1011110011 110101111110 1101011010 1110111111 1101111001 111011111 110101100101 110111100010 11101111110 1111011101 110111110111 111101111110 11101110111 1111111101 1110110111 0101111100110 111001111110 1110011111 110111111101 111101110110 100111101 111100111000 11111101000 1111110110 1101000111010 11101100101 11010010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 8499
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1614
  • Amount of lines: 188
  • 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; og, de, her, man, der, sligt, i, at, hans, som, for, han, et are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, den, at, for are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, rst, rte, vler, nge, er, re are repeated).

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

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