Christi Kirke! Lydt Du Kvæde by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Christi Kirke! Lydt Du Kvæde that begins with:

Christi Kirke! lydt du kvæde,
Som en Barne-Moder prud!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXaXXXX XXXXaXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 111101 11011 1111 1110111 1001101 1011101 11101 11111 101101 111101 1111 101101 1110111 111101 10111 10101010 100111 110110 1111 111101 1011101 11100110 11110 101101 1010101 1010111 1111 1111001 1010111 1011101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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:

    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; du is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).

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