This is an analysis of the poem King Frederik The Seventh that begins with:

Our King is bereft of a trusty friend!
And in dismay...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcddee fafaddgghh XiaijjfXbX aiaXi aaggkX aXXfggggii alalggmmkX hchcnnggoo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,5,6,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100101 1001 1101101101 101001 11101011110 11001111010 110010 010010 1000101101 1111 1110100111 1101 1100100101 001011 11111111010 010110011110 110010 010110 1101111101 1111 11011111010 11111 0101100110 10101 11111101010 11101011010 011010 11110 0101110101 1111 1110110100 01101 010101101 1111 0 010011010010 01101011010 11010 11010 1001101101 1111 11100110101 10110 1100100111 1111 010010111010 011111010110 11010 001010 1110100111 1101 1100100101 1101 1100100101 1101 11011001010 111001101010 01010 11110 0100111110 0101 1111111001 1111 1100101111 0111 0010110110010 110110111010 101110 11010 0101101111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, he, ', to, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, ', veering 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 King Frederik The Seventh;
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  • history of its creation;
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