This is an analysis of the poem Kong Frode Og Gubben that begins with:

Kong Frode höit ved Gilde sad,
Kong Frode, diærv og snild,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXX bcbX XXXa XXX X aXaa cXcX XXXX cXXX bXXX XXXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11111 11011100 111111 1101110 110101 111111 111101 11111101 11111 111111 0111111 111011 11101 111111 11111 11000110 111100 1101111 111110 1111111 110111 1111101 1111 111111 110111 1100111 111101 1001101 111001 11111100 11100 110101111 11011111 1111111 100111 1101001 11011 1111011 11111 1111011 111111 11001111 11011 1100101 111111 1101011 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; og, hans, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words kong, nu, een, saa are repeated.

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  • summary of Kong Frode Og Gubben;
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  • history of its creation;
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