This is an analysis of the poem Den 6. Fabel. [men Kitta Endda Med Nedslaged Hoved Stod] that begins with:

Men Kitta endda med nedslaged Hoved stod,
Ey mindste Tegn til Liv tilkiende give lod....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXbXXXbXXXcXaXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101100101 111111011 11110011111 1111111111 11011111101 1110011011 110110101111 01111111 111111101 011011111 1110110111 11011110111 11010111101 1111111111 111101110001 1110111111 1011011111 11110111 11011100110 110101110111 11111111101 11010111110 110101001100 11011111110 11100111111 11110111011 11111110101 011111110111 111001111000 1111011111 110101101111 11011110111 111100110111 111101110111 101111111110 1111111110 111100111110 11111101111 110111110010 1101011100010 100111111100 11011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1930
  • Average number of words per stanza: 389
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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; f, og, en are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Den 6. Fabel. [men Kitta Endda Med Nedslaged Hoved Stod];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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