This is an analysis of the poem Konstantin Den Store that begins with:

Purpur-Kaaben, tit opfarvet
I sin Bærers Hjerte-Blod,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXXXX XAXbXX XXbbXX XXXXXX XXXXcc XdXXdd XXXXXX cXXXcc XAXbXX XXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101100 11111 10101010 110111 1101100 101111 10101110 100111 1110110 11110 1111101 1110101 111111 1110101 1111101 101101 1111010 11111010 101111 1110101 1111111 1110111 0111101 111110 101011111 11011 111111 11101 1001111 111111 101111 101100 11111 1110101 1111010 11111010 1011101 111111 1111111 11110 111011 111101 11111 111101 1110101 1011101 1011010 1111110 111110 01001111 11000010 1010011 111010 1011110 111111 1110101 1111101 10111111 11101110 11001010 101011 1010111 101011111 1001100 11111100 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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