This is an analysis of the poem Kongens Skaal that begins with:
En Konge, veed vi, fødes,
Af Held og Uheld mødes,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXA XXA XXXXXXX XXX XXXXbbX XbX XXXcXXC XXC dXXXXXe XXe dXXXXXc Xec XXXXXXe XXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,7,3,7,3,7,3,7,3,7,3,7,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 111101 11101 1111010 1111110 101101 1 10101010 101101 1 11111 11101 11101 1101110 111010 11100 1 11111111 11100 1 11010 11011 110101 111110 1100110 100101 1 11111111 01101 1 101101 101110 11101 1101 1111 11111 1 11111111 11111 1 11111 111101 110110 1111000 1101110 10011 1 11111111 11011 1 111101 111111 11011 1101000 1011100 111101 1 11111111 110101 1 11011 110101 110101 111110 111110 11111 1 11111111 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; der, er, ak, ja, den, vel, naar, mindst, og, end, ham, hil, hans are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, hans are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines des, rke, res, der, vet are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words for, klagesang, pryd, hal, mod, til, led at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Kongens Skaal;
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