Poem Analysis of Gak Under Jesu Kors At Staae by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Gak Under Jesu Kors At Staae that begins with:

Gak under Jesu Kors at staae,
O kiære Sjæl, og med Attraa...

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Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXXX XXbb XXaX XaXX XabX XXcc XXXX XXXX XXXX XaaX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11010111 1111110 1111111 01111101 1111101 10110110 11011101 111111 1111101 1100111 11100111 11011101 1101111 1101111 01011101 1101111 11110111 10101101 1101111 11111111 111111 1101111 111111 1110010 1101111 1111111 0111111 10101100 1111100 1101101 1111110 11111011 11110110 11011111 10011111 111111 1111010 1111101 10011100 10000110 1111101 11011101 1110111 10011111 1101111 11111111 110111111 111111
Amount of stanzas: 12
Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
Average number of words per stanza: 26
Amount of lines: 48
Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 7
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; i, er, det are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word det is repeated.
The author used the same word det at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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