En Sød Og Liflig Klang by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem En Sød Og Liflig Klang that begins with:

En sød og liflig Klang
Er i vor Jule-Sang,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXX XXXbXXb XcXXXXX cXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 01111 111111 111101 111101 011101 111101 11101 110111 111101 110111 101111 10111101 111101 11100 101111 111110 111110 110111 111101 110101 11011 11010 110101 111 1111 110111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; vor is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vor, v are repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of En Sød Og Liflig Klang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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