This is an analysis of the poem Dronningen I Thule that begins with:

Der var en Dronning i Thule,
hun bar sin kronede Last,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXX XXXaX XXXaX XXXaX BXXXX BXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XcXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 111101 111101000 10100 110 11011001 1111110 1111111 1011101 110 110110110 1101001 11010010 11111 110 1111111 111110 1100101010 1110111 101 10111011 11001101 111101110 111111 101 10111011 1101110 11011001111 1100111 101 110110101 111111 110010101 1111111 101 1101110 111101 1111011101 11011111 101 11011011 1111101 10111011 111101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; han, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word giften is repeated.

    The author used the same word giften at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rd is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words kongen, aad at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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