Stjernernes Skaber Og Himmelens Drot by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stjernernes Skaber Og Himmelens Drot that begins with:

Stjernernes Skaber og Himmelens Drot!
Evige Lys-Hav trods Vantroens Spot!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XaXa XXXX XXXX bbXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011001 10111101 10110111 111011 100111001 10101000 111111 100011110 101101111 0111011111 1111011111 101001101 11111001 11111111 101111101 111111111 110111101 101111001 101001011 11110111 10111010 0111001011 101111101 1111011 11111011 11011111 1111011101 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; og, med, dit are repeated.

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

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