This is an analysis of the poem Stol-Kongen Over Himlens Hær that begins with:

Stol-Kongen over Himlens Hær
Uddraget er i Herre-Færd,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbaccXXXX XXXXXXddeeXX XXXcXfXXXXXX gXXXhXiXXXff XXXXXgiXhXXX XXXXhXddXXXX XXXXXXiieeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 10001101 111111 11000111 11011111 11011 10 11 11 101 110 11111010 01011101 11001101 111110 111111 11011101 1111010 11 11 101 101 1100 11100100 11111101 11011101 1101100 1111111 1111110 1101110 11 11 111 101 1010 10111010 11110111 1101101 10110 11011100 1101111 100111 10 10 1010 1010 1110 1111110 11011101 11011101 1101110 11111 111111 1000101 10 10 111 101 1110 11011110 11111111 10011001 111110 11011101 1111111 110110 11 11 1110 1110 101 1111101 10110101 11011101 110111 11110110 11111100 11110 11 11 111 111 111 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; d, det are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, dig, n, re, de, os are repeated).

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  • summary of Stol-Kongen Over Himlens Hær;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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