Hvor Er Dog Din Naade by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Hvor Er Dog Din Naade that begins with:

Hvor er dog din Naade!
Retfærdige Gud!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXX XXXXXXb XXXXXXX cbcXXXX XdXXeeX XXeXXXa XXXXXXa fXfXXXX XXXXXXd XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXeXX XXgXXXd gXXXXea XdXdXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 101 11011 11011 11010 11011 01011 11001 1000 10011 11110 1101 0111 11011 11001 11110 01111 11011 01110 11010 01110 111110 1111 110010 11010 11100 111110 11010 01110 11011 11110 1101 11110 010010 1110 11011 1101 01010 1111 11011 11011 0101 10111 10011 11101 1111 11010 11100 1001 0111 11011 10101 1101 1101 11011 10001 1101 1111 1011 1011 11011 1111 1111 0111 11111 1111 1111 11101 11100 1111 01100 1101 11101 11011 110110 11010 11111 01101 11011 11011 11011 11101 11011 1111 11001 11001 11010 11011 01010 010100 11001 11011 1101 1101 11001 1101 11011 11001 101111 11001 11110 01011 011110 110110 11010 11111 11111 11110 1111 111110 110110 1101 11010 01001 10010 1111 11011 11111 11000
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 125
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word du is repeated.

    The author used the same words du, o 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, nger are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word d at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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