Analysis of Herrens Bøn

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



Læs Aften og Morgen dit Fadervor!

„Vor Fader i Himlen unævnelig stor!
    Dit hellige Navn os i Hjerterne groe,
    Lad ind i dit Rige os bygge og boe,
    Din Villie raade i Liv og i Død,
    Du vil os give vort daglige Brød,
    Forlad os vor Skyld, som vi dem forlade,
    Der skulde os takke og ikke hade,
    Hold Fristelsen fra os, dens Synd og Last,
    Frels os fra det Onde, hold Du os fast;
    Thi dit er Riget og Magten og Æren,
    I Jesu Navn og vor evige Væren!"


Scheme A AAXBBBXCCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 11111011 11011111 1111111 111111111 111111111 11111111 11111111 1111111 11111111 111111111 110111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 487
Words 93
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 11
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 163
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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