This is an analysis of the poem Holger Og Den Indiske Fyrste that begins with:

Jeg saae Fyrst Carvel ved Tiberens Rand;
Paa Spyd ham naaede min Handske....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX bXbX XXXX XXXX cXXX adXX XXXX XXXd XXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111001 111111 1111001 1101101 10111111 111101 1110111 11001010 100101111 11011001 110101011 111100 11101111 1101111 1101101 11111 11010110 11010110 110011001 11011000 110111100 111111 11101011 11100 11111001 1110110 11011111 1111000 111110101 1101010 11011011111 110111000 111111111 1101111 11111110 110111 1101110001 11111000 1101011 101010 01101111 1101110 101111011 1111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; h, r, hun, jeg, hans are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Holger Og Den Indiske Fyrste;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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