Analysis of B. v. Beskov

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



Du Kjærlige, Du Milde, med et Hjerte som Faa,
Bramfri, som altid den sande Aand man saae,
Beskeden og saa rig dog paa Digtekunstens Skatte;
— I disse fattige Ord, dit Billede jeg satte.


Scheme ABCC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111 11111111 11111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 193
Words 36
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 142
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 09, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

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