Analysis of Hvor det er selsomt at se Ungdom døe
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)
Hvor det er selsomt at se Ungdom døe:
Den friske Kraft som Stjerneskud udslettes.
Dødsstormen bærer bort et Livsens Frø;
En bedre Jordbund er det, som forjættes.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 110111111 111111 11111111 11101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 171 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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