This is an analysis of the poem Den 8. Fabel. [de To Forliebtes Død Bubona Gik Til Hierte] that begins with:

De to Forliebtes Død Bubona gik til Hierte,
Gudinden hørte an sligt Sørge-Spil med Smerte....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001100111 1001111111 11101111111 110111110101 11111111011 101101111 11111111111 1101111110 01111101010 1110110110 1111111011 11011111111 11111011111 1110111111 11011111111 10100110101 111111101101 110111100011 11110110011 110111110101 111110100110 1101011111010 1111111111111 11000111011 111111111 111001110100 110111110111 0111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 267
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; de, paa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvad is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Den 8. Fabel. [de To Forliebtes Død Bubona Gik Til Hierte];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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