Analysis of Brev til Fru Saabye
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)
Min naadige Frue!
De maa vide:
I Sind og Skind maa jeg Stakkel lide,
Jeg har et Hold i min venstre Side;
Det holder mig hjemme, det gjør mig Qval.
Jeg sidder saa eensom paa anden Sal,
Kan ikke komme, — ja, det er Sorgen;
Derude er Aftenen meer end sval.
Jeg hilser bestemt paa Dem imorgen
Og beder med Læbernes smeltende Klang:
Forglem mig ikke en anden Gang!
Iaften altsaa jeg sorgfuld svigter.
Forøvrigt
ærbødigst
Deres Digter.
Scheme | ABBBCCDCDEEABBA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111 111 11111111 11111111 1101111111 1111111 11111010 1011011 111111 1111111 111111 11111 11 11 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 544 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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