Helten, Som Os Hjalp Af Nød by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Helten, Som Os Hjalp Af Nød that begins with:

Helten, som os hjalp af Nød,
Høilig vi berømme,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XaXaXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX bXbXXXX
  • 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: 1011111 1011 111111 1110 111101 101111 10111 1011111 11101 11110 1111 1110111 11111 11101 111011 11111 1110111 1011 11101 111111 11110 1010101 10110 101111 10110 101111 1101111 101110 1011101 111110 101101 11010 110101 1011101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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, han are repeated.

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

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