This is an analysis of the poem Den 4. Fabel. [det Store Ictys Fald I Floden Hastig Rygted,] that begins with:
Det store Ictys Fald i Floden hastig rygted,
Hver Fisk til Side løb, hvert Rør i Vandet frygted....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaaXXXbXXXbXXXXXXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111011101010 111111111010 11111111 111100111001 11110111101 11101111001 01011111101 110101111 1101111101 1100101101 11100111111 11011111111 01010011101 1111110011 110110110101 0111011111 11100110111 111101110110 111111111 1101111011 11111111110 110111111010 101011110101 1111111011 111101110110 11110111110 110101100011 11010111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1265
- Average number of words per stanza: 262
- Amount of lines: 28
- 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; det, til, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word en is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, ster, re are repeated).
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- summary of Den 4. Fabel. [det Store Ictys Fald I Floden Hastig Rygted,];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Ludvig Holberg
- Analysis of Den 4. Fabel. [i Skovens Middelpunct Fru Fama Haver Sæde]
- Analysis of Hvor Livet Blomstrer I Dets Fylde
- Analysis of Den 6. Fabel. [til Disse Sørge-Spill Vor Nattergal Var Kilde]