This is an analysis of the poem Den Enbenede that begins with:

Fy, skammer jer dog, I uartige Drenge!
Og lader en enbenet Stakkel i Ro!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXa XbXb XXXX bXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX cXcX XAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 11011001011 1101101111 10111110 1100101111 111110111 1111101011 11110111111 1111101110 11110101 1101110100 1011111111 1111110110 1001101001 1101111110 11011111 111101101 1101111011 111110101 1001111001 1101110110 1001101001 1101111110 11011111 111101111 10011011111 111111111 11111111 110101111 111001011 11111111 11100111 1111101 1011111 1111111 10111111 11011111110 1101110 110111110010 1111011010 110111101 11011001011 1101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; og, jeg, d, hun, saa are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Den Enbenede;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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