This is an analysis of the poem Den 8. Fabel. [sligt Skede. Man End Saae Blandt Aadsler, Døde Kroppe] that begins with:

Sligt skede. Man end saae blandt Aadsler, døde Kroppe
Med Fryd og Glæde-Skrig den sorte Corax hoppe,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXXbbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111011 1111111101 1101111111 1111011101 11110111110 110101111100 11010111011 111011110110 110111100100 111011101110 1110111100 11110111011 0110111011 11011111011 1101011011 1110011010111 10110111011 111111011 1110110111 11101100101 110111111010 110101111110 11100111 11111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1093
  • Average number of words per stanza: 213
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; har, en are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Den 8. Fabel. [sligt Skede. Man End Saae Blandt Aadsler, Døde Kroppe];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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