This is an analysis of the poem Havets Konge that begins with:

Kom, hvis til Ørkenøerne du vil
Foruden Rædsel Sanggudinden følge!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX X aXXXbXcXXdXX X eXXXbXbXbXXX X XXfbXXgXXXXX h XXXXXgXXXXXX h XiXXXXXXXXXX X XiXiXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXjXXXX X XXXXXXhXeXaX X XXXhXXXXbgcX h XfXXXXhXXeeX X XXXXXXXXakaX X XXXcgXXXXXaX X XXXXXXbXcXlX X XXXXXXXXakaX X XdXXXXXXaiXX X iXXXXXXXXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 100110001 111110001 001111111 111110101 11111111 111110100 1111110100 1111110101 11001011 111100111110 1101101110 1 11011101010 11101011 11010111 0111101111 10110001101 01101011 0110011101 11010111 11111110 1110111111 110111101 110111010100 1 111011101 1111100110 1111111101 11110101010 1111011101 110010100 1111011111 111101110 110101111 110110101 110111110 11110111010 1 11011111 110011110 1100011101 111111101 111101000 11001001010 1101011110 1110110010 1101011100 1101111 111111110 11111101110 1 010110001 1111111 110101111 110110111 110111100 1111110001 11110101 1101011101 11110011110 11111101 110100110 111001000 1 11111011101 1111111111 1101110110 10111011 01111100110 011111011 110110110 1111011101 11111011 11111010 110101111 10100101100 1 11101100 01101111 01100011 1111011111 1110101110 110111101 111101100 110101111 1101110110 10111111 1111111101110 1110111010 1 1011110100 1101110101 11100101010 100111011111 11011011 110111111 11111110 1110100010 111011110 1110011101 11110011110 111111110101 1 11100111 1111110111 110011111 110111101 110001011 101011011 101101011 10111101 0111011111 111111011 1111101110 11111110110 1 1110110101 1101011101 11110111 111011111 0101010101 1010101000 1010101000 111001011 100101101 1110011110 1111001101 01011110100 1 11111100 110101001 11011011 1111011110 101101111 1101100111 110111101 1101111101 101111011 110101101 11011111 11011101010 1 11011011 1001001100 101110100 111100111 1110011101 1110101101 1101010101 011101001 11011111110 110110001 1111010010 11011001010 1 111101111 111011101 11101011 11101111 1111011011 1111110011 10011111 1111111001 111000100 1101100110 1111110110 1111011111 1 11011101110 11101110 111101101 1101111100 1110111010 01110100 10100110110 1111111110 110111111 1101111100 1111011101 1101111100 1 111111100 11011101110 111011110 0111100100 011110110 1111010110 101111101 11111101 10011111110 111110001 11011110010 11011001010 1 1101111101 1111110101 1101111 1111111 11111111010 11100111 1111111110 11111111 1111101110 111101101 11010101000 1111011010 1 11011011 1111010100 110111100 111101011 1101011101 111010110 101101111 1101010100 111101011 1101100111 1011110111 10110111 1 1111010101 1111011000 1111110100 111111000 11101111 1001111101 1101011100 1001110101 1101111101 10110101 1111111 110011011 1 1111010101 111111111 1101110011 111110010 110111110 1101110110 1101011110 11110010 111010111 1101110111 111010110 10111100100 1 111111111 11101100 111010101 110100011 111101010 111001110 110000111 11111110 11101111 1111001101 11010101110 110101100 1 110010111 111101110 1100111101 110110110 1011101110 11111100 1011111 1011001100 11011100 110100110 111101011 111111001100 1 1111111010 10110110 1101110 10010100110 110111101 1111011111 111111110 0111110111 11010111010 0111110111 1101111110 110110111 1 111010110 111011101 110110110 110110100 11101011 11101111 110011111 11111101 111000101 101110111 1111111010 11101010100 1 101011101 1101001110 11011111 10011101110 111110001 1111110111 111110010 11111111 111111101 1001011101 1101111100 1111111 1 11011101100 111111101 1101011000 101111111 1011110101 1101111101 110111111 1011011101 0101101010 1101011110 11111111000 100101101000 1 11010111 11011111101 0111110 111111110011 1011110001 1111110010 11111111 110110011 111101111 110101011 1011111010 110101110000 1 111011011 1110011101 1001010001 1001110101 110011101 1001010101 111110101 110110111 1101111010 11111110 01110101110 110110100 1 1101111000 1101001101 101100111 11010111000 101100011 100101010 110101011 11111100 100111 101011101 11110110 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 55
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 363
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; den, gj, lder, de, med, du, der, for, er, jeg, dem, min, og, naar, af, til, da, vil, selv, som, hun, fra, d, han, vi, see, ei, troer are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, du, da, med, der, jeg, de, troe, og, dernede, om, han, en, hun, igjen, see, vi, saa are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mte, ver, mme, it, mmen, d, mmet, ie, ger are repeated).

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  • summary of Havets Konge;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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