This is an analysis of the poem Knud Kaare that begins with:

Knud Kaare er saare
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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX bXXXXXcX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXbXXXX XXXbXXbX XXXX XXXXaXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,4,8,8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1000 11110 111111 1011011 11001 11101101 110101 1010110 1111111 11111110 101111 1010010111 100 1111101111 10 1011011100 11 010101101001 1 011101110 110 111101010 100 10111011101 110 1010010101 10 10111100 100110 111010010 110 111101 101 111001110 11 11010011 10 111111011 10 101010010110 1 1100101110 11 111011111 10 11101111 111 1110 11000 110101110 101 1111101111 101 111111 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more 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; er, han are repeated.

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

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