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

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CHrysillis du mit Verdens Guld...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbXccbddXXXXXeedX XfXXfXXddgXXbhhXijjXX XXXXXXgXgXaXXXXcXXXkX XXXXXcckXbXXXdXbXiXXX XgXXXccXXgXaXgXXXXXaa XXgXXXXgXaXXXeXXagXXX XXXdXeeXXXXiXXeXXXXX XXgXXXgXXXXlXXmXXXXXX XcXXcXXXXagXaaXXXddXe XXmXXXXXXmXXXXXXaXXXg XXXnXXnjjXXXXXXXXddXX XXXXgXgXcXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,21,21,21,21,21,20,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1000111101 11111 11111101 1101111 11111 11111 101 101 111101 101 111 111111 10111 01011 1111 111 111001 111101 111101 1000 1 11100101 111101 11101 111111 10011 111111 101 111 111101 101 101 101111 110111 10101 11101 1111 1011 111101 111001 1111 1 11110111 11011 11101 01110101 11101 11101 100 111 110111 101 111 1110100 110101 11101 110111 1101 111001 101101 1111 1101 1 11011101 01101 1111 11010111 11111 111111 101 111 101111 101 11 111111 1111 11111 11101 1101 110101 101110 11011 1101 1 1101111 10011 1111 1001111 1111101 111111 011 110 1010101 111 111 11101 101101 10111 100110 1111 110110 100100 101001 1001 1 1110111 111111 11101 1101111 110101 111101 011 111 11011 110 111 1010101 11001 11111 11101 1111 101101 100111 101001 1101 1 1110101 110100 111101 1111101 11111 101001 111 111 1110100 111 111 1010111 111101 110101 100101 11010 101111 11111 111 1 1010111 110111 11111 1101111 11111 111111 101 111 1111100 101 1110 111111 11011 11111 111101 1110 100100 111101 111100 1111 1 11110101 110101 111111 11100111 11111 110111 111 11 1110111 11111 111 111111 101111 101101 1111101 1101 11001 10111 111111 1001 1 111111111 111101 111110 11011101 101001 111111 111 111 110111 110 111 1100111 10011 111101 10101 1101 10111 111110 110101 111 1 1101011 1111110 11111 1111101 110101 11111 111 11 111111 100 111 101111 110111 111001 11101 1101 110111 111111 110101 1111 1 01011100 111101 11111 1011011 1111 11111 101 111 11111 101 101 11011 11111 100111 1111 111 110101 110111 111111 1101 1 11111100 11111 110111 11110100 110001 100111 111 101 111011 111 111 1010100 111101 111101 1111 1111 10111 111101 011101 111 1 1111111 100111 11111 1001101 111101 111111 111 11 1011001 111 100 11111111 11111 110111 111101 1101 1111111 11011 111111 1111 1 1111111 11011 110011 11010101 110011 110101 1110 110 101111 111 111 111011 110101 11111 111111 1111 110110 111101 100101 1100 1 1110011 110101 1111111 1111011 11111 1101111 111 111 1011111 111 11 111101 111111 111101 10111101 1101 111101 111101 011111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 335
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lychens, da, hver, blif, gif, siung are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, e, st, r, n are repeated).

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  • summary of Chrysillis;
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  • history of its creation;
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