Adam Og Eva by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Adam Og Eva that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXb ccXXXX XaXXdX XXXXXa XXXXXX eeXXXa cXXXXX XXXXXX ffXXXX XXXXXg XXXXXX XXaXXe XXaXXX GXXXXa XhXXGi XXXXXd XXXXXX XXXXXX XcXXXX XiXXXX XXhaaX XXXXXX XXhXXX XXXXaX XXXXXi XXXXXX XXbXXc XXXXXX XXeXXe XXgeeX XXgXXg XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 101 101 10110 10110 1111 1110 10010 1001 11100 10010 1011 10010 11 1001 1011 1101 1011 1011 1110 111 111 1010 1111 1111 1110 1011 11010 10110 1111 10110 10110 1011 10110 10100 1111 10110 11110 1011 11110 11100 1101 10010 10100 1010 10010 10010 101 1011 1011 1011 1111 111 111 10110 11110 1001 1110 1011 100111 11 111 1111 111 1011 111 01010 10110 1001 1101 1011 111 1101 1001 111 1111 1001 1011 111 111 1011 1011 1111 1111 1011 101 101 101 111 0111 10110 110 1010 101 1101 1010 1101 1010 1111 1011 101 101 10110 11110 1111 10110 11100 101 10010 10010 1001 1111 11100 1101 1110 1110 1011 10100 1100 1001 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 111 101 1010 1011 1011 1010 10010 1011 111 1011 1011 1011 1011 1011 101 111 1111 1011 1111 1011 1011 1111 111 1001 1011 10110 1001 1110 1011 1011 10100 10110 1011 1011 1011 1110 1011 1111 111 111 111 101 10100 1010 1111 1111 111 1011 01010 11110 101111 11110 11110 1101 11010 10010 1001 10010 1010 1001 111 1111 111 1011 1010 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 210
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3

  • 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; dog is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines den, kke, re, nnes, de, kker, ger are repeated).

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