Analysis of Stanzer for musik
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)
I de hellige guders lund
toner luren i nattens stund;
flammer lyser mod skovens krone,
medens dybe sange tone,
og bag helligdommens gange
står den tavse bundne fange.
Alt nu tier;-
tavs præstinden ham indvier
til den bitre offerdød.
Ja, som Freja er hun smuk;
men hun dæmper sit hjertes suk.
Roligt stirrer det mørke øje;
fangen skuer mod det høje,
i hans indre vildt det flammer -
men det kolde stål ham rammer,
blodet strømmer -
sjælen alt om Freja drømmer,
øjet på præstinden ser.
Scheme | AAXXBBCCD EEDDFFCCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 101111 1011110 1111 1111 111111 111 11111 11111 111011 1111111 111111 111111 1111110 11111110 111 1111111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 489 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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