Poem Analysis of Luther Og Guds-Ordet by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Luther Og Guds-Ordet that begins with:

Da Huss blev brændt paa Baalet
For Tro og Lære-Sæt,...

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Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXX XXXXXXX XbXXcXX XXXXddX XXXXXaX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXcXXb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1111110 11111 1111000 110100 10101 110111 11111 11111 11100 11111 110110 110111 01110 111101 110111 1111 110111 010111 111111 11011 10100 111110 1111 1101110 11010 111111 101101 110100 1101110 111111 1101010 110101 1111 1111 110110 1101010 110101 1101110 100101 110011 110101 11101 111100 100111 111110 111111 111101 11111 111111 11110 11100 01111 110111 1111110 110110 11010
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
Average number of words per stanza: 34
Amount of lines: 57
Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, d are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, det are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie is repeated).

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