This is an analysis of Kongens Skaal by Emil Aarestrup.

En Konge, veed vi, fødes,
Af Held og Uheld mødes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXA XXA XXXXXXX XXX XXXXbbX XbX XXXcXXC XXC dXXXXXe XXe dXXXXXc Xec XXXXXXe XXe
  • Stanza lengths: 6,3,7,3,7,3,7,3,7,3,7,3,7,3,
  • Metre: 11111 111101 11101 1111010 1111110 101101 1 10101010 101101 1 11111 11101 11101 1101110 111010 11100 1 11111111 11100 1 11010 11011 110101 111110 1100110 100101 1 11111111 01101 1 101101 101110 11101 1101 1111 11111 1 11111111 11111 1 11111 111101 110110 1111000 1101110 10011 1 11111111 11011 1 111101 111111 11011 1101000 1011100 111101 1 11111111 110101 1 11011 110101 110101 111110 111110 11111 1 11111111 11111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 69

Repeated words/phrases

der, er, ak, ja, den, vel, naar, mindst, og, end, ham, hil, hans

Anaphora

der, hans

Epiphora

des, rke, res, der, vet