Den 6. Fabel. [til Disse Sørge-Spill Vor Nattergal Var Kilde] by Ludvig Holberg: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Den 6. Fabel. [til Disse Sørge-Spill Vor Nattergal Var Kilde] that begins with:

Til disse Sørge-Spill vor Nattergal var Kilde;
Hvorover den blant Dyr og Fugle hørte ilde....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110011 1001111111 11010111111 110101110101 1111011101100 110111111110 111111100 11011111110 110111010000 111011100100 1101111100 11101110011 110101111001 1110011111 111101111101 1111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 708
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; en, til, st are repeated.

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

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