Vor Kirke-Dør Vel Lukkes Op by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Vor Kirke-Dør Vel Lukkes Op that begins with:

Vor Kirke-Dør vel lukkes op
For hver en Sjæl, som banker,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXX cXcXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 1111110 1111110 111010 101001101 1011000 1111111 1001111 11110 11111 11111111 11111 1101111 11011100 1100110 11001111 11111111 11101 1111101 110111 11011101 11010111 11011111 11001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvis, ei, for are repeated.

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

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