This is an analysis of the poem Fabel that begins with:

Ørnen da den ganske Hær
Brat til Tinge sanker...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXX bXXbXXX XXXaXXX XaXXcXX XXcXXXX XXXdXXX XXdXXXX XXXXXXX bXbXXbX XXbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 11110 11110 10110 1110101 10111 111 110111 11001 110011 10111 101111 101111 11110 1110111 10110 1111100 10010 11101 1010011 1011 1110101 111110 111111 11110 11111 1011011 101110 111111 10101 1010111 11001 110010 111011 111110 1111111 1101 111111 1111 1011101 101011 11110 111100 1111 1000111 11111 1110111 111111 11101 101111 11100 11101 111010 11111 1110111 10110 1010101 11111 111011 11101 111100 1110101 10111 1001101 101110 11111 101100 1110111 101111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines j is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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