Min Sjæl Og Aand! Opsving Du Dig by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Min Sjæl Og Aand! Opsving Du Dig that begins with:

Min Sjæl og Aand! opsving du dig
I Haabet til det Himmerig,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXX XaXXbXX XXXXXXX XXXXbXX bXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 11011100 1101100 1110110 11010101 1001000 1111100 0111111 1101111 01111 1111111 11111111 11111 110111 1011101 1111011 110110 1111011 111111 111110 110101 1101111101 11111101 11011 1101101 110111 110111 110111 10010101 11011101 111101 1111101 1110100 1111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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; du, og are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Min Sjæl Og Aand! Opsving Du Dig;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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