This is an analysis of the poem Alle Ting Er Underlige that begins with:

Alle Ting er underlige,
Ingen kan det granske ud,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXbXXX XcXXXXXX XbXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXcXXX XXXXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 101111 1111110 111111 111011 1011101 111111 1011111 1011111 10110 1010001 1111101 1100111 11111 11101010 11111010 11110 1001101 10101110 1010101 1110110 111011 110111 1111111 110111 111101 11011 111111 10111 11111 111101 1111111 1111111 111111 10111 101100 11110 110101 101111 11011 0110111 1101101 10110 1110111 1010111 101101 11111110 111110 11111 101100 111011 1110101 111011 100111 1011101 110110 110011 1110111 101111 111111 111111 111000 111111111 1011011 1011110 101011 10011100 111111111 1111011 110111101 1111111 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, og are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, b, le, de, rd, re are repeated).

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  • summary of Alle Ting Er Underlige;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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