Du, Som Gaaer Ud Fra Den Levende Gud by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Du, Som Gaaer Ud Fra Den Levende Gud that begins with:

Du, som gaaer ud fra den levende Gud,
Aandernes Aand i det Høie!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX baXaXX XXXXXX XXXXXb XXXXbb XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111101 1001111 101111001 1110011 11111110 100101101 101111101 11010110 1001110001 1110010 11010111 10111111 11111110 111101 11111011 11111 1100011 10011111 1101111011 1011111 100111010 1111110 1011111 11101111 1001111001 1011 111111010 11101 1011101 1111101 100111001 111001 1001111011 1011001 11111111 111000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; de is repeated.

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

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