This is an analysis of the poem Den 5. Fabel. [den Kiekke Slanges Fald Apollinem Bevæger] that begins with:

Den kiekke Slanges Fald Apollinem bevæger,
Han spidse Morder-Piil paa krumme Bue legger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101100010 1110111110 110101111 11111111101 111101110110 111111110110 110111110111 1110111101 1101011110100 1111011101100 11111111010 111101101111 11111111 11111111111 11110111101 11101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 740
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, en, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, ber are repeated).

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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