This is an analysis of the poem Den 2. Fabel that begins with:

Den Elskov, som jeg først maa i min Sang beskrive,
Optændtes i en Skov imellem Drys og Nive....

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXaXXXbbXXXXcXXbXXXXXXXcXdXeXXXXXXXcXXfXXXXXXXgXXXXXeXXXXXfbXXXaXXXXXXXXdXcXdXXbXXahXXXXgXcXbbaXXXXXXXbbhXXcXXXXccXXXXXXXXXdXXaXXXXXXXXXaXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 144,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111110 10111100111 10010111011 111100110101 11101110110 111011101100 11011111111 11110111101 101111011 111111011 1111110011 1111001111 11011110101 011110011 110011111 111110111 11010111 1101011111 11010110011 1110110111 1101111010 111111011 1111110101 110110101100 111011101000 11011110100 110100110101 111111111101 11011110111 110100111001 111101100101 110110111 11111110111 01111111101 110100100111 111110110 10011111100 111101111110 1111110101 1111111 110101110010 1111111111 1111100100 1101111111 111001110111 11101100011 1111111111 1111111101 11111111101 1101001111 11001110101 1101011101 1101111101111 1110110111 10010111011 10011111101 1111111101 1111111111 11011111101 1101111001 110101111100 11111011101 111111101011 111011111 01101110101 1110110111 111101111111 1111111111 11011111011 11100111111 1101011111 1111110111 1101111111 11111101111 11110111010 1110011010 11011100111 11110110001 1111110111011 101111111101 11011111111 110111100111 1101011101 11111110111 111111111 11101110110 111011111 1101000101110 11100110110 111011111010 1110111011 1111111101 1111110111 1111010100111 110111111 110110111000 11101101101 111101100101 111001111001 11100111111 1111111110 1101111111 11011111011 111111011 1110011111110 1101101100 11101100111 1111111011 111100111010 110101110110 111111111111 11111111 11101100111 11111110011 11011110101 111101110101 110010110111 1100111111 11101111001 11100110011 1110011111 1111111010 1111111011 111110010 1111110101 111001011110 11111111101 111111101 11010110011 111111111 11110111011 110111111101 111111100100 111101111010 01110110111 10011110101 11111001000 1101001001000 0111111011 1111001111 1110010001 0101011011 110111111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6613
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1297
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; i, af, den, som, og, nive, at, jeg, hver, til are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, af, den, hun, saa, jeg are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines der, e, r, kke, ye, dder are repeated).

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  • summary of Den 2. Fabel;
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