This is an analysis of the poem Under Christian V's Portræt I Norske Lov that begins with:

Sku her Kong CHRISTIAN den Femte, Nordens Ære,
Dog ikke som du seer ham her afskygget være,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 11101101001 11101111111 01110111011 111100110011 110111111111 1111111111111 01101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 400
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, e are repeated).

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