This is an analysis of the poem Amor Rex that begins with:

Hvem er blandt alle Guder,
Den største vel i Magt?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aXaXXXXb XXXXaXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXbXb XXacXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 11111 111100 111001 101110 110111 110111 110111 1101110 11011 1100010 110101 1111 1111 110001 111101 111100 110101 111010 110111 1111010 110001 1100010 111111 111100 11010 110100 11010 1111 110001 11001 111111 11101 111101 110101 111111 110111 110010 11111 11111 11111 110101 110001 11111 110101 110101 110101 110111 111101 111111 1111010 110111 11111 111111 11010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hvor, med, han are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Amor Rex;
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