Analysis of B. Bang

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



Der staaer en Blomst, tilsmilet af Camene,
Men den er skjult af Bøgens større Grene;
Dog Farveskjæret, Duften i dens Indre,
Er derfor jo endnu slet ikke mindre.


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111111 1101111111 1111111 0111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 168
Words 30
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 05, 2023

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