Analysis of Dødsenglen flyver i slimet Ham

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



Dødsenglen flyver i slimet Ham
Atter om Land og Rige.
Frygten er død; mit Hjerte fornam:
Hvad har vel Døden at sige?
Død er et Skridt kun videre frem,
Opad det gaaer gjennem Smerte;
Gud har beredt os det herligste Hjem;
Ei døer vor Aand og vort Hjerte:
De, som alt her i Øinenes Glar
Viste den Skikkelse, Sjælen har,
Sjælen, der lever og virke vil,
Naar ei vor Jord og dens Stjerner er til.


Scheme ABABACACDDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 11111 101111111 1111111 11011111 11111 1111111 11011111 1110111 111111 11110111 111111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 395
Words 77
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 294
Words per stanza (avg) 75
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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