Det Lakker Nu Ad Aften Brat by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Det Lakker Nu Ad Aften Brat that begins with:

Det lakker nu ad Aften brat,
Bliv hos os, Herre, Dag og Nat!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb XXXX XXXX cXXc XXXX aXXX ddXa dXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11110111 1101111 1001111 11011101 10111000 11010110 11011100 1011101 1111111 1111101 111111 11111101 11011111 1011110 110101101 1001101 1111011 11010101 1111101 11011101 1111110 1101111 11111101 11011101 10111101 11101111 111111 1111111 1101111 1111101 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; d is repeated.

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

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