Analysis of Sonnet ved Fyrstinde Borgheses og hendes tre Børns Død

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



En Paradisets Blomst af Troen bragt
Til Temsens Bred og plantet der i Solen
Skjød herligt frem. Dens Duft, dens Yndes Magt
Dens Glands, sligt findes ei hos Vaarviolen.

Men Kjærligheden planted' Blomsten om
Den Blomst, som gjorte alle Hjerter glade,
Den plantedes ved Tiberen i Rom,
En himmelsk Duft gik fra dens rene Blade.

Og Duften steeg —; vi hørte Engle sige:
„Den Blomst er ei for noget jordisk Sted,
I Lysets Have blomstrer kun dens Lige!"

En Engel saae vi da til Jorden stige,
Og rive Blomsten op: tre Skud gik med,
Tre unge Skud — de groe nu i Guds Rige.


Scheme ABAB CACA DAD DAD
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 11111111 111111111 1111111 1111011 1111111 111111 111111011 111111101 11011111 1111111 1101111101 11111111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 569
Words 107
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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