Jesus Christus Har Afvendt Verdens Lyn by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Jesus Christus Har Afvendt Verdens Lyn that begins with:

Jesus Christus har afvendt
Vredens Lyn, af Synden tændt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XaXb XaXX XXaX XcXX XXba XcXX XXaX ccXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 1011101 1010111 0110101 1111100 111111 1011111 1111101 1011101 1111101 110101 1111111 111101 111010 110011 1100010 1110111 1101111 1111110 1111111 1110110 1111101 11111 1011111 1011101 1111101 1111111 110101 1100111 111111 110111 111111 100111 111101 11111 1011101 1000101 1011111 111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; d is repeated.

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

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