Hvad Skal Den Unyttige Tjener Med Pundet by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Skal Den Unyttige Tjener Med Pundet that begins with:

Hvad skal den unyttige Tjener med Pundet!
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010110 11111011 110110110100 101111 11111111 1111111101 1011111 11001001 110111111 110110111 1011101101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; den, det, saa, kan are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).

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