This is an analysis of the poem Kong Saul Og Sangeren that begins with:

Hvad glimter hist langs Bjergets Rand,
Hvis Høie, Bølger liig, mod Sletten vælte?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXX XaaX XXXXX XXXbbb XXXXXX XcXXdXXdXXXe Xf XX XX XX XX ff XX XX Xe XXXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXX X cXXXcXXXXfXX X XgXgXXXhXh XXXXcfXcXbXX XXXXeXXhXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,5,6,6,12,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,14,1,10,1,12,1,12,1,10,12,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11111101 11011101 0111001101 0111111 111111 1111011 110011001 11001101 1011011101 110101111 1011101100 111110110 11011111 1000110010 10011111 11010101 110101010 111111101 11011111 11100011 110111 11111111 1100110010 100111101 111111 0111110110 1101110110 1111101010 1101111 1110011110 1111110111 11111101 10010101 1001010101 10111111 11011110 110110101 101111101 11100111 110111001 11101111 1101101101 11111111 11111100 1101111110 111001001 111011111 0101110101 100101111111 11110101 111111110 1101111101 1101101 11111101 110110101 110111101 11011011 1101001101 11011101 110011110 1101011100 1111011 11001111 11011111 101111101 010111011 111101111 111111101 11001101 1101011011 110010 11111 111 1111 111 1101 1100 110110 110 010010 101 110010 11010 11 110110 11 11011 11010 011 11101 111 1101 011 1101 110010 1110 1111 100110 1101 100110 1101 11010 11101 1111 11011 1101 11001 110010 10001 1101 11001 1001 11001 1001 11011 1101 10011 1101 11110111110 110011101 1111111010 111110111 11100111110 11101111 1101101010 1110111110 1101011 11010100110 111111101 111 1111010110 1101011100 11001110 101100110 110111111 110111100 110110 10010111 10011001 11010 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 142
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; og, den, paa, l, med, som, de are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nd, ie, ver, der, ge, ler are repeated).

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