Analysis of Psalme [Jeg har en Angst som aldrig før]

Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)



Jeg har en Angst som aldrig før,
Som stod jeg foran Dødens Dør
Og maatte ind og styrte ned
I Mørke og i Eensomhed;
Jeg drives frem med Stormens Hast,
O Herre, Herre, hold mig fast!

Alt Ondt i mig det kom fra mig,
Hvad Godt jeg gjorde kom fra Dig;
De Andres Skyld jeg nok opskrev
Men ei mit eget Skyldner-Brev;
Hvor har jeg for mig selv hver Dag
Besmykket godt min egen Sag.

Jeg trædes skal af Dødens Hæl,
Først da sig løfte kan min Sjæl.
Læg Fadervor som Duens Blad
Mig paa min Tunge, gjør mig glad.
Har jeg ei Gud, hvad har jeg da,
Naar hele Verden falder fra!


Scheme AABBCC DDEEFF GGBXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 111101111 111111 111111 111111 111111 11111111 1111111 1101111 11111111 11111111 11111 111111111 1111111111 111111 11111111 11111111 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 566
Words 115
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 140
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

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