I Verden Mon Være De Sygdomme To by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Verden Mon Være De Sygdomme To that begins with:

I Verden mon være de Sygdomme to,
Som Verden kan aldrig helbrede,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbX XcdXXXX XXXXXXX dedXXdX XXXXXXX XXXXcXX fXfXXXX XXaXXXX XXXXXXX XfXXdXX XXXXXXX XXXXbXX dXdXXXX bXbXXXX XeXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 110110100 11011010 1110111101 1111110 1110 111 1101101 1101011001 0110110 1101111111 110110110 11011 11011 111101110 1101110011 11011011 1111011011 11011011 11011 11001 10111011 110101101 11011011 111111101 11011110 11011 11011 1110011 1101111011 1100101 11011101 110111 11110 01001 1111111 110110111 1101110 110111011 11011011 11110 11011 111110 11001111001 11010011 1111101011 0111101 11101 11001 11111011 11111111011 1100111 11110100 1111101 1011 1101 11011011 110111011 11111 11011011111 1111010 10111 111 1101111 111111110 11011001 1100110111 1101111 11011 11111 1101110 1011101111 1101101 11011011111 1111110 11010 11011 10111011 11101011101 01011001 11001011001 1101101 10011 11110 11011001 11111101011 1101110 110111010 1110111 11111 11111 11011100 11011011011 11011001 111101111 11011010 11110 11011 1100110 1110100101 1111101 01110111 01011001 11011 11001 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 117
  • 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; den, hun, saa, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hun, den, dens are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dt, n, d are repeated).

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