I Jesu Navn by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Jesu Navn that begins with:

I Jesu Navn
Maa al vor Gierning skee,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXaXXXaX XXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 111101 11111111 1111111 111 110011 111101 11101 111111 10110110 1010010 1101 1111 100110001 111111 111 11011 10011 100011 1011101 111101 111111 1101 11110 110111111 110000 1111 11101 1111 11001 1111111 101111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; st is repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 st is repeated).

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  • summary of I Jesu Navn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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