This is an analysis of the poem Den 7. Fabel. [man Hørte Andet Ey I Skoven, End Ulykke] that begins with:

Man hørte andet ey i Skoven, end Ulykke:
Strax derpaa spilled blev et andet Sørge-Stykke,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXdXcXebbXXXXXXcXXXXXXXfXXXXXXXXbXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXgXXXXXXXXXdXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXfXXXXXbbXegaXXhXXXXXXXXX XXXgXXXXXaXXXgXaXXXXXbgXXXgXXXXhXXXXXXXgXXXbXXgXXbgXgcXX XXXXXXXXbXXXgXdXXgXXaXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 120,56,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110110 1101111011 11110110101 11010111011 01101111001 11100110011 11101110100 0110011011 11110111 1110011101 110101110111 110101100100 1111110110 1111011101110 110110110101 11101110111 11010011011 11100111111 11011110101 111101110101 11111111011 111100110011 11011101101 11101100111 11011011011 10011101101 1110110101 110101100101 01001100110 11110011011 11110111101 1111110100 111111110 1101111101 110111111 0110111011 11101101100 110111101000 11110110111 1110111111 11011111111 1101111011 11010111101 111101110111 1110111111 1111011101 11101110111 11011111101 1111011101110 1111111010 11011110110 1110111101 1011101111 11100110111 11011110100 11111111101 1110101101100 111101111101 110111111001 111101110101 1101011011010 110011111010 111011011 110101110100 110111101100 1111111110 11100111101 1101111101 1110110110 110111101000 0110101111 100111011 100011110101 111100100110 111110100 1111111101 1111011101 111101110111 10111111 10010010011 111011111 1111110110 1110111111 11010110101 1001011010 10010111010 110110110110 11011111111 11100111010 1111011111010 111001100111 11010111110 1011100111 100101100111 1101111001 11000111111 111101110111 111111110 1101011111 11110111101 111001101010 111001100010 11010111001 111110011 101111110 111111111 111000110100 1101111011 11111010110 111011111010 11010111011 11011110111 10011110110 111111001110 1111100011 11111111 101011110 1101111011 11111111 111111011 110001 1010110 110011 1010010 1111110 1010111 11101100 11111 011011 01111 111111 1001101 1110110 1100100 1110101 111101 100011 1100110 110111 1111101 111110 1011001 10111010 111011 10101000 111110 1111010 101111 11100100 1010101 1100100 110011 11101100 1100111 11100110 11101 1110101 1011110 1110110 1111100 1010110 1010101 111111 0111101 10011100 11111 111111110 111011 10101100 1011101 10111110 11111 1011010 101111 1111110 11101 110101111110 11101110110 110101111101 11100111111 1110111111 111011010 111001110 11100110110 1110111011 11110110110 1110110101 101101111101 100101111110 111011101010 11111110011 111011110 11011110110 11010101101110 0110010011 11110101101 11101110111 1101111011 111101111 11110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2882
  • Average number of words per stanza: 518
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; man, r, og, en, var, af, d, f, er, i, den, til, som are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, nu, jeg, naar, den, som, ved are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines le, de, ve, ved, der, r, ngsel, d, rer are repeated).

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  • summary of Den 7. Fabel. [man Hørte Andet Ey I Skoven, End Ulykke];
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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