Frygt, Mit Barn, Den Sande Gud by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Frygt, Mit Barn, Den Sande Gud that begins with:

Frygt, mit Barn, den sande Gud!
Misbrug ei Hans Navn og Bud!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbaaX XaXaXXX XXXXXaX XaXXXXX XXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 1011111 1001001 11101 1101111 1111111 1100011 1111101 111111 111111 110111 1110111 111111 1011101 1011101 101111 111101 111111 111111 1110011 1111101 011111 111111 1111101 111111 111101 1110111 111111 11111101 1110101 101101 1110111 1111101 111111 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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, os, d, i are repeated.

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

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