This is an analysis of the poem Kong Frederik Den Sjette that begins with:
For Dig jeg tilforn saa ofte sang,
Nu qvæder jeg over Dig sidste Gang....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXXXXXXbXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 11110111 11101111001 11001100 111110110 1101101101 1111101111 1101100100 1111101 01101111 1101101010 11110010 111100101 110101101 1111011 111111111 111111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; jeg, den are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word den is repeated.
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