This is an analysis of the poem Knud Vidfadmes Svanesang that begins with:

Jeg synker, paa mit knuuste Vrag,
Med sammenfoldte Hænder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XbXX aXab cXcX XXXX XXXX XXXX dXdX XXXX eXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XfXX gXgX gXgX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX hXhd aXaX fbfX eXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111 11001 11010101 1111 1011001 111111110 11111 111010 10111101 1101010 11011101 1100010 11011101 110101 11011101 11010 11100111 111111 11010111 11011 1110101 110110 1111011 1111 1111111 1111010 1101101 1111100 01110111 11101 11010110 1111 11111100 101101 11010111 110111 11111101 10111 1011111 111101 111111 101101 1111101 111101 111111111 1101100 111110101 1111000 11011101 11001111 1111100 11111 11010111 0101110 1101111 11110 1111111 1101010 110111 1101100 01011101 11011 11010111 110101 100111 111 11011110 1111111 10110111 11110 11010101 11011111 011101 111110 1110100 11101 1101010 1100100 11010101 110110 110101 110011 11011101 011101 111111 1101 10111011 100101 11110111 1111110 11111 1001010 111111 11100 1110100 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; de, du, og are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words o, din at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Knud Vidfadmes Svanesang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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