This is an analysis of the poem Kong Christus Den Første Regierer Endnu that begins with:

Kong Christus den Første regierer endnu,
Som Enevolds-Drot af Guds Naade,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXB XXXcaXdXE XXXdXXcXE XXXXaXXXE XXXXaXXXB XXXaXXXXXX XXXXaXXXX XXXXXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,10,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110010 11001111 1111011011 11011111 1101101111 1100111011 111100 110110 1111 1010111011 11011110 11010001011 11011111 110111111 11011111010 111010 11100 11111 101111101 1011011 0110011101 110111010 110110001 111111111 01101 1110 11111 1100100101 1111110 11010111111 1111101 1111111101 1111101011 11010 11100 11111 011011001 1111001 1101100101 1111101 1101101111 1100111011 111100 110110 1111 1 1110111111 11111010 11011110001 1110101 10011110001 01011110011 110010 11110 1111 1111101111 1100111 111111101 11111001 1111111111 111111111 1110 11011 11111 1110111010 110110110 1101110010 110110100 1101011101 111101101 1011 11101 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hans, er, eller, og, de, med are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hans, hvor, det, som, har are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Kong Christus Den Første Regierer Endnu;
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