This is an analysis of the poem Torbisten Og Fluen that begins with:

Torbisten kravler af mørken Hul
Med fire Vinger saa prude;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXaX bXbX XXac XXXX XXXX XXXX dXdX XcXc XXXX XXXX XXaX aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 1101011 00011101 0011111 1111011010 111101 11111111 1101101 1100111 110111 1101110101 1001111 10010111 1111010 110111101 11111010 110101111 11101 11011011011 1111110 11011111 1101111 100101101 01111 010001111 111110 110101111 111101 11010111 11011001 110101101 1101011 10011111 110110110 111111101 111010110 1001011001 1101101 11101101 111101 11111101 1011001 11101111 1100111 110111011 110101 010001011 11111111 011101011 100111 11111011 011111 1101110000 110110 1111011011 111101 1111110 111101 111110101 11111100 1100111101 11001010 11110111 11100110 11011111 1111101 11111011 1011111 110111101 1111010 100011001 111100 111111110 101111 1101111111 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, han, jeg, og, til, hun, r are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Torbisten Og Fluen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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