Herre Gud! Hvor Agtes Ringe by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Herre Gud! Hvor Agtes Ringe that begins with:

Herre Gud! hvor agtes ringe
Nu dit Kirke-Tjenerskab,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaX XXXXXXXX XXXXbXXa XcXXddXX XccXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 111100 11101111 1111111 1011110 111101 1111101 110011 110101 1111101 111111 111011 1110101 101111 111011 110001 100011 1111000 011011 1111101 1001101 1011111 1110011 111011 1111101 101111 10111 101110 110111 111101 11111 111111 111011 1111 1111101 101111 1011101 100011 1111111 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; og is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Herre Gud! Hvor Agtes Ringe;
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  • idea of the verse;
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  • critical appreciation.

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