This is an analysis of the poem Den 2. Fabel. [da Saadan Hendelse Fru Thetis Kom For Øre] that begins with:

Da saadan Hendelse Fru Thetis kom for Øre,
Hun sagde: vil og Pan her Regimente føre?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXXXXXXXXXcXdXXXXXXeXXfXXXXXXXXXXXbfXXdXXXdeXddXXddggeXXXXdXXXdXXXcXXXaXXbXXXeXXXdXXXXXXXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 96,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110111 1111101001 1100111011 11111110111 11011111000 11011111110 1101111111001 1110110110 110100111110 1101111101100 11100111101 110101100111 1101011110100 100011101100 1101011111 11111110010 11101110111 11100111101 1111111110 11011111101 111111101 11010111111 1101011101 11010111111 110101110110 10011111110 1011011011 1100111011 1101011110 110111001100 11101111111 1111101111 1111110011 1101111110 1101111011 11001110011 1111111011 11010011011 1101011111 11111111 111100110101 11101110110 11010111111 1001111111 11110111111 11110111011 11010111111 100101100011 111011101010 111101111010 11011110001 111101111101 1101011110 1101111011 1100011011 101011011 11100111010 11010111010 01101111100 110111111 010101110101 110111101110 110101111100 11110110101 110011110101 111001010110 100101110100 1111011111 11101110111 1111110011 111001111101 11010011110 1110110011 11011111111 11110011010 11110111111 1100111111 11110110111 1111100101 11111111 1110111101 11111101010 1011011111010 110101110010 1110111001 11010110101 11111110111 0111100101 11101110110 11010111011 1101111011 111101111101 110111100110 11011110110 110111110 111010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 828
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • 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; skal, ved, jeg, de, den, r, og are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, vet, de, red, bed are repeated).

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  • summary of Den 2. Fabel. [da Saadan Hendelse Fru Thetis Kom For Øre];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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