Christus Er Vores, Med Ham Har Vi Alt by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Christus Er Vores, Med Ham Har Vi Alt that begins with:

Christus er vores, med Ham har vi Alt,
Alt, hvad med Sandhed er ypperlig kaldt!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXc XXXXXX XXXdXXX eXXaXX XXdXdX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXcXcc XXadXX ffXXXX XebbXX XXXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011111 1111001001 1011 011111 111000 10110101 111111011 11001111 101 111011 111101 1110111 1 10111101 1011011001 1111 101011 111000 10111110 11111001 1100011001 1011 1101 111001 111110 101101101 11101001 1011 101010 11100 101101 1111001 1011101 101 111011 11111 1110001 1111011 111011001 1001 011011 1011111 100111 111101 1011101 111 1111 111011 1011001 111101 1001111001 111 101111 1110110 111110 1001011011 111011001 1101 1110111 111000 1011010 11111111 111011011 1111 111011 1111011 1011110 1111011 111111011 1001 11111 111010 1111011 11101101 101001111001 1010 11111 1011110 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; er, de, og are repeated.

    The author used the same words s, d at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dt, de, re, n are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase alt connects the lines.

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  • summary of Christus Er Vores, Med Ham Har Vi Alt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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