Analysis of Fru Bournonville

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



Hvem Gud har kjær gav han Geniets Flamme,
I tusind Farver kvæger det vort Syn,
Men ham, som fik det, bittre Smerter ramme,
Han halvfortæres af sit Guddoms Lyn;
Tidt gaaer han ene — lyser, som en Kjerte,
Og lysende fortæres han som den,
Men elsker Gud ham, vil et trofast Hjerte
Sig slutte til ham, kalde ham sin Ven.
En Skytsaand følger ham, en ædel Qvinde,
Hun styrker ham paa Stridens tunge Dag,
Hans Sorg hun lukker i sit Hjerte inde,
Og mere kraftigt er hans Vingeslag.
Du er en saadan Skytsaand god og stærk,
Hans Navn, hans Lykke, blev dit Hjertes Værk.


Scheme ABABCDCBCECEEE
Poetic Form
Metre 111111111 111011111 11111111 1111111 11111111 1111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 1111111 11111111 111011 101111111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 564
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 426
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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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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