This is an analysis of the poem Prinds Christian that begins with:

Ved Christianssand
Der laae den sidste Orlogsmand *50)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX XXXXX XXXXX XXbXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXcX cXbcX dXXdX XXXXX XXXXX XXaXX XXXXX eeXXX cXXcX cXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 11111001 11011 11011 11111 111 11011111 110111 110001 110101 1111 1111111 11101 110111 1111100 11100 111111 1110010 11011 1110100 1111 11010111 1111 11011 1101100 011 1111110 111101 111111 01101 111 110111 110010 0111 11100 011 111100110 1101110 11100 1110000 111 11001100 1101110 11011 1011000 1111 1101111 1111110 10111 101000 011 11011100 010111 11111 11101 0111 1001100 1111110 111111 101000 1010 01001111 1011010 110111 1101010 11101 011111 11101 110101 111011 111 1111100 111101 1101 010110 1101 11001110 1101000 101100 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; de, og are repeated.

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

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

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