This is an analysis of the poem Konningen Og Hans Brud that begins with:

Den Pigelil stander ved Borgeled
I paltuge Klæder og fryser;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX aXXX aXaX bXbX XaXX XXXa XaXa XXXX cXXX XXXX aXXX XXXc XXXX XXXX XXcX aXXX aXaX aXaX XXXX aXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101100 1101110 100101101 11010100 1111101 111111 11101101 1011011 111011011 1101111 1111011 0111111 10101111 111110 1011111 110111 1101011001 011111 1111001011 111110 010111001 01111 10011011 11111 10011101 1111111 11100101 110101 11011010 11001011 10111010 10111 111111001 110111 101111011 110111 101111111 0101011 1111011111 01111011 11011111 1110111 1101101100 110011 11111011111 11011110 1001011010 111111 10111001 10011001 11011111011 111001 1111111111 11111011 1101101101 111111 1100100111 1100011 110001111 1100011 1100101111 111111 11111011 11111011 100111011 011111 1001111101 111111 111111 1101111 101100011 111111 11001111001 1101111 11001111 1111011 1101110111 11001111 101001111 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; saa, den, hvor, og, hun are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words bedste, re at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Konningen Og Hans Brud;
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