This is an analysis of the poem Kong Edvin that begins with:
Jeg førte ret et Konge-Liv
I York, mit Herre-Sæde,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXXX XXXX XXXX bXXX cXcc cXXX dXdX XXXe XXdX eXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 111111 11111101 110111 111101 11111111 111111 1101111 11111 11011111 111111 111110 110111 1101011 110111 11010101 1111 11101111 11111 1111101 11111 11011110 1111000 111111 111110 11111111 11110 1100110 11011 11011111 1001100 1001101 1101010 11111101 111111 111111 1110111 111111 110110 11110111 110111 10111100 11100 110101101 011100 111110 110111 1111111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; hun, mig are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hun is repeated.
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- summary of Kong Edvin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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