This is an analysis of the poem Holger Hos Fyrst Carvel that begins with:

Jeg sad i Hedningsfyrstens Hal;
Jeg sang om Karl og Ronceval....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXbX aabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11110001 11111100 1111111 1111010 11110100 1100011 11011111 11001100 11111101 1100011111 1101101 1111101 0111111 0101110 1110110 0110101 11010101 0110101 1101101 11111100 1111101 11011101 1111010 1111101 1111011 1110101 1101011 110111111 11111101 1101111 0110101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, om, de are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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