This is an analysis of the poem Til Nic. Fred. Sev. Grundtvig that begins with:

Kæmpeaand af Kraftens Alder,
djærve Søn af Nord!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXaXXX XXXXXXaa XcXcXXXX XbXXXXXX XXXXXXdd XXXXXXXa XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 1111 1110110 1110 11111110 1111000 1110001 11100 1010111 1111 11111 1011 11111 1111111 1110110 1110 011011 00111 11110 1111 101111 111101 1110111 01101 111101 10111 101111 10111 101111 111011 11101010 111000 11111 1011 1010111 11111 11101010 1011100 11101110 11010 1010111 10100 101111 1111 1111110 110110 1110110 101010 110111 10111 11101 10101 1011111 111111 11101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; nge is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, fast, snart, ejer are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dre, res are repeated).

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  • summary of Til Nic. Fred. Sev. Grundtvig;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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