Hvi Er Dine Klæder Saa Røde by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Hvi Er Dine Klæder Saa Røde that begins with:

Hvi er dine Klæder saa røde!
Det Omkvæd fløi Herren imøde...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 111101 110101 110110010 1111110 1011011 101111 11011 1111101 1110110 11011001 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word hvi at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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