Herren Sig Hæver by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Herren Sig Hæver that begins with:

Gabriel:
Herren Sig hæver!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXaX XaXXXXXbXXcXcX XXXXX dXXXXX XXeXXX cXfccf dXXXXe XXXg ccXXcXXXXXee XXgXXX XXXeXXXX XXXeeXXXXbbXXhXXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,14,5,6,6,6,6,4,12,6,8,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 1011 1001 10010 10110 101 1111 1011 101 101 1011 1011 101 1011 111 1100 11100 11010 1101 11110 11110 11001 01111 11011 11001 10011 01001 1111 1010 10110 1111 11110 101 101 10010 111011 1110 100101 1011 1001 1001 1111 111 1001 110 1001 1111 1110 0101 1001 1011 1110 1011 10110 11110 101 1011 1001 1011 111 1101 1101 1100 1001 1110 111 11110110 11010 100101 10110110 1010110 111001 10101 1011011011 1011011010 1001011 11101 1001 101 111101 10111 11101 100111 1001001 1011110 10010 101111101 1011011 111101101 1111 0111 111101 1111 101001 1111 111 1111 111101 101101110 11111000 1000 11101101 101 111111 1000 11011111 1000 1101111 11011111 1000
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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; de, jesus are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvem, jesus are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ver, vet, mpe, ngsel, de, gter, fred, lge, halleluja, christ are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase halleluja connects the lines.

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  • summary of Herren Sig Hæver;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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