This is an analysis of the poem King Christian, A National Song Of Denmark. (From The Danish Of Johannes Evald) that begins with:

King Christian stood by the lofty mast
In mist and smoke;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaaaBccX dXdddXeeX aEaaaEXXe aFaaaFggf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110101 0111 01110011 11011101 11101111 0111 11011111 1101110 010 111100101 10010 110011111 11010111 110110101 1001 11011101 01111101 010 11010101 1101 110001101 10111111 001110111 1101 01110100 110100101 11 10010111 1101 01111101 10110001 10110101 1101 10110101 111100011 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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