Analysis of A castle stands ’neath western skies
Bernhard Severin Ingemann 1789 (Falster) – 1862 (Sorø)
A castle stands ’neath western skies
Gold shields its roof have studded;
The evening sun behind it dies
Midst cloud banks so newly ruddied.
That castle by no hand is wrought:
Perfectly though it’s gilded;
Its gate soars up to heaven’s court;
Our Lord Himself did once built it.
From thousand turrets sparkles gold,
Amber its gate is gleaming;
The sea reflects its walls of old,
With pillars of sun’s rays teeming.
God’s sun into its castle crowds,
Purple raiment inflaming,
On battlements in rosy clouds
Light’s banner’s glory proclaiming.
Sun’s angel waves the flag of light,
Sets off for distant quarters;
Life, light and day him follow right
Behind night’s loud foaming waters.
And like the sun life seeks the coast
Full of transfiguration
Where sun the east once more will host
With paradise as its station.
Scheme | ABABXBXX CDCDEDED FGFGHIHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 1111110 01010111 1111101 11011111 1001110 11111101 101011111 11010101 1011110 01011111 11011110 11011101 101010 11000101 11010010 11010111 1111010 11011101 01111010 01011101 111 11011111 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 814 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 216 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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