This is an analysis of King Christian, A National Song Of Denmark. (From The Danish Of Johannes Evald) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

King Christian stood by the lofty mast
In mist and smoke;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBaaaBccX dXdddXeeX aEaaaEXXe aFaaaFggf
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,
  • Metre: 110110101 0111 01110011 11011101 11101111 0111 11011111 1101110 010 111100101 10010 110011111 11010111 110110101 1001 11011101 01111101 010 11010101 1101 110001101 10111111 001110111 1101 01110100 110100101 11 10010111 1101 01111101 10110001 10110101 1101 10110101 111100011 11
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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