Er Du Skriftklog Paa Guds Rige by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Er Du Skriftklog Paa Guds Rige that begins with:

Er du skriftklog paa Guds Rige,
Underviist af Herrens Aand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX aXaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010111 1001101 0111101 101111 11111 1011111 1110111 1111111 10111 00101110 1110011 1111110 1110111 111111 0111111 1111101 1111111 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; og is repeated.

    The author used the same word er 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 kker, dt are repeated).

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