This is an analysis of the poem Magnus Og Knud Lavard that begins with:

Herr Magnus han stirrer i Vinternatten ud:
'Christ give, jeg maa svale min Hævn paa Hertug Knud!'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110110110001 11111111101 11110110011 111110011111 1101111011 11101011101 11011011111 11111011111110 1101110011011 110110110001 11011110101 1100101100010 11111010111 1111101101 01110101 11011011001 111111111011 1101010111101 11011010110 11011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, r are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Magnus Og Knud Lavard;
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  • history of its creation;
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