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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Hans Christian Andersen

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