This is an analysis of the poem Kongen Af Tyrus Og Tiggersken that begins with:

Kong Bechtabar af Tyrus fik
Ei Livets Fryd at smage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX bXbc XXcX XXXX dXdX cccc aXXX XXXX XXXe cefX XXXX cXcX cXXX XXXX dXdX dXdX XaXX aXXX cXXX XXXX XXXX fXce XXXX XcXc aXag hXXX dgdX XhXX cXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX cXcX XXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 110111 1110101 11011 1101111 10101 10011101 11111 11011101 111000 1101101 11001 1100111 1111000 101011 110010 10101001 110111 111111 11111 1111111 111100 111111 111110 1111011 110101 1101111 1111 11010101 100110 11110101 1100110 1111101 110001 110111 01101 1111110 111100 11011111 1100010 1111111 1101010 1110011 1111010 11011101 110110 11111111 1101100 1111001 11100 1100111 1111 11011111 11111 1101110 110111 11110111 11001 1110010 110010 110111 11111 1101011 0111111 1101111 11111 1010111 111101 11111 111111 1111111 110101 11001011 110100 1111111 110101 11111101 100010 10010101 11101 011011 1011010 11010101 1101110 011011 11111 1111100 110001 110111 110110 11011001 110110 1100111 1101100 10110111 1111010 11011101 1111 11111101 11011 11011101 110101 11110101 011111 11110111 110101 11010110 1101011 11111111 111111 1110011 111101 11011101 110111 111111 11111 11011101 11110 110111111 11011 1111011 1100010 11111100 1101100 1111100 1111000 11111101 1111000 11011101 11010 11001111 110001 110111 11111 11001101 11101 11111010 111110 1111101 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 140
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; kongen, hil, du, og, jeg, med, kunstner are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hans, med, og, men, sit, jeg are repeated.

    The author used the same words og, her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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