Poem Analysis of Vor Fader God I Himmerig by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Vor Fader God I Himmerig that begins with:

Vor Fader god i Himmerig,
Som bød os leve broderlig,...

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Rhyme scheme: XXXXaa XXXbXX XXaXXX XXaXaX bXXXaX XXXXXX aaXXXX XXXcXX XXXaXc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11011100 1111100 1111111 011111 1101111 11111101 1101101 1101111 11110100 1111111 11111 10111101 111110 1111011 1101111 1110100 111101 1001111 1111100 11011100 1101111 11011100 1111111 11011101 10110111 11110101 1111011 1101111 11001101 1111100 10110111 111111111 111011 1111110 1111101 11001100 1101101 111111 1101111 1011101 11111001 101111 11111101 11101101 10110111 1111101 11111111 11011101 1101111 1111000 11001100 1111111 10110111 11000111
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
Average number of words per stanza: 37
Amount of lines: 56
Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; og, fra, os, d, er are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word fra is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).

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Vor Fader God I Himmerig by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

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