Analysis of Gud Fader i Himlen, hvor er Du dog god!

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



Gud Fader i Himlen, hvor er Du dog god!
Jeg føler dit Aandedrag gjennem mit Blod.
Du løfter, Du leder, beskjermer og glæder,
Dit Smiil er selv i de Taarer, jeg græder.
Hvor Verden er deilig, og Mennesket med!
Ja, Ordet, som skabte, er Kjærlighed!
Jeg lever, jeg jubler, min Fryd er saa stor,
At jeg i Dig paa en Evighed troer;
Og var selv mit Liv kun den flygtende Stund,
Det var dog et Kys af din Fadermund.


Scheme AABBCABBAA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101110111 1111111111 1111101111 1101111111 1101111 1111011 1101111011 11111111 11111111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 412
Words 81
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 305
Words per stanza (avg) 79
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. more…

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