Herre! Vi Elske Dit Straale-Palads by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Herre! Vi Elske Dit Straale-Palads that begins with:

Herre! vi elske dit Straale-Palads,
Din majestætiske Borg i det Høie,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX aXaXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 11001111 11101111 1011111001 1011011111 1111001011 1011110010 111010010 1101111 1101011110 110111011 1101111001 111111001 10101111010 111101010 1011111010 11110111 1010111110 10110111 101101101 11101001 1011011011 1111001011 101011001 1001011 10110110100 111010011 110101110 11111101 101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; dit, med, paa are repeated.

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