This is an analysis of the poem Henrik Og Else that begins with:

Nei, nei min ædle Herre! I tro mig om I kan!
Sin Henrik ene elsker hun i hele Danmarks Land....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX ccbX dXaa XXXX XXXb XXaa XeXX XXXX Xaed XXbX ccbX XXeX XXXX bbXX fXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bbXX XXaX XfXX gXXg bXXX ggXc XXXX Xadd hhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111111 110110111101 110110111100 111011110100 111110011011 1111111011 111010111101 01110101110 110010101001 110010111100 111111101 111011111 1011011110100 11101111101 101000110100 110111010001 11010101101 010111001 11011011001 1101000111 1111101111 11011111101 111101111111 11110110110 11111110011 1111101110111 111111101 110101101101 110111011111 11011111101 11011011101 110110111011 11011011111 10111101111 1111101101 110111111110 1111111111 111101110 110111001101 1111111111 1101101111 101110011011 111110111101 01110101110 11101011101 11001011011 11011111111 111011111 11011101010101 11001011111 111000110111 11101100110 111110110111 11111110011 111010111101 111111111 101100111101 111011111 1111111111 111110110 10111110011 1111111001 1101111011 11010011111 11011111110 110110110101 1111101001 11111011011 1101110111101 111111011011 11111011001 1011011111 11010011111 1111110110101 1111111111 110111011011 1101010110011 110111011111 111110111101 01110101110 110011110010 111111111 11111101100 11101101001 11011011011 111011111 11101011111 110111110111 11011110111 1111111100 11011011001111 1111101011 110111110111 1111111010 111110111110 1110110011011 11011011001 11111111100 110110101 1101011101 11011110101 11011011011 11101101011 110010110101 1111011011 111010111011 110101111111 110111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, en, over, han, n, din, jeg, og, hvor, d are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word en 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 k, n, d, r are repeated).

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