This is an analysis of the poem Ridder Kalv that begins with:

Kong Wolmer stod i Halle,
Og deelde Borg og Land...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcXXb XXXXXXXX XXXXdede XdXXXXXX XbXbXXXX XXXXXXXX XbXXXXXX fXfXXXXX aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXgXg cXXbXXXX XXgaXdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11111 1111 11111 110101 110100 11011 110111 111111 11110 01101 110111 111110 11111 111110 110101 111111 110101 110111 111101 110101 111101 11111 11111 111101 110111 110111 111111 1011 11111 111101 111111 1101110 110111 1101110 110111 11011 110111 1101010 11011 111111 111101 11100 11010 11111 11011 110111 111100 111111 11111 111101 10111 11111 10111 110011 11111 1101110 111011 1111110 1111011 1101010 110111 110110 110111 110111 111100 1111 1111 1101100 110101 1101110 110111 111110 11001 110110 1011111 11111 110101 111111 111111 111110 111111 1111010 101111 111110 110111 110111110 1111 110101 11100 110011 110111 111000 111101 1111110 111100 11111 11111 110111 11111 1111110 11111 110110 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • 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; i, s, og, han are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word hvor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Ridder Kalv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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