Analysis of Gjengangerbrevenes Forfatter

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



Til Gjengangerbrevenes Forfatter
    Hold Dig ved Blomstens Form, giv den Værdie,
    Jeg Blinde skatter Duften mest deri.
    Med bitter Haan og Ring'agt Du mig slaaer,
    Bliv ved — — den unge Spire let forgaaer —
    Men var jeg meer end Skum paa Tidens Hav,
    — En Verden staaer, som Dommer ved vor Grav.


Scheme ABAAACC
Poetic Form
Metre 111 111111111 111111 110111111 1111111 1111011111 111110111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 323
Words 55
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 222
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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