Overmaade Fuld Af Naade by Hans Adolph Brorson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Overmaade Fuld Af Naade that begins with:

Overmaade fuld af Naade
Er, o GUd, dit store Navn....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXab aXXXXaXXb XXbXXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 011111 11101 111011 10101110 1011111 10111 1111101 10011 11011 1011101 110101 1110111 01111 100101 011100 1111111 1111 11101010 11111010 11111 111111 1111 1000101 11101110 1111110 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, fik are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word c at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Overmaade Fuld Af Naade;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Hans Adolph Brorson

Poems about...
✕