This is an analysis of the poem The King Of Denmark's Sons that begins with:
In Denmark gone is many a year,
So fair upriseth the rim of the sun,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcB dd ee ff gg bb hh dd gg bb hh iBib dB dB jj bb kl dd mm bb jj nn jj kk jX aa bb ll Xa bb jj ll dd bb dd oo dd ee ff bBbB dBdB jj bb cc jj jj ee jj cc jj dd bb jj bb bBbB oBoB ff hh jj dd dd jj hh bb ll ca dd dd pp kk dd dd ii dd llXjBjB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101001 1110001001 11010110 110011101 110100101 01101001 1110111 1010011101 110110111 11010111 11110111 110011101 1110011101 11111101 101110101 11110111 1111111 11011111 110011101 1110111101 11110101 01111101 1100100111 110010111 11011011 1110001001 111111011 1100110101 110100101 1110001001 1011110111 110011101 110111101 11100110101 110001001 01010101 11011100 11011101 11000101 11011101 111100101 1010110101 1111001 11110111 1110110 11010101 11010111 1011101001 0110111101 101011010 1110111 11010101 11101101 01111100 01010111 110110101 11011101 11011101 11100101 111100101 11111100 111110101 11111101 011110111 101111101 011100110 11011101 111101111 11010101 11111101 010010101 11110101 11011101 01010101 11010101 110011101 11111111 11111101 111011101 111010111 1110110101 1110110101 11111101 1110001001 1111110111 110011101 010010101 1110001001 111100101 110011101 11111101 101111001 10111111 01011101 1101011010 111011010 100110111 111100111 1111111 10111101 100011101 101110101 110111101 11011101 10110110 11000110 11111111 111010101 1100111001 11011101 1100111001 1011110111 110101101 011101010 11010101 10111111 10111111 1110001001 0110111001 110011101 1100100101 1110001001 1101001101 110011101 10010101 1110010111 11010101 010100111 11011101 101010101 11011101 110011101 0101111111 1110111001 10111101 11011111 11011001 11010101 101111111 11011111 11111110 01110111 11100100 11110101 11011101 010101001 110011101 11111101 11011111 11111101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 10011111 01110101 11110001 11011111 01110111 10010111 11110101 101010101 11011101 1110001001 110010101 110011101
- Amount of stanzas: 76
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 166
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thou, and, some, they, in, fought, thrall, s, hands, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words good, as, and, drink, why, no are repeated.
The author used the same words ten, lay, none, they, small, and, men at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word done at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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