Analysis of Indskrift paa en ny Bygning

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




Hvo der vil sætte Huus efter hver Mands Sind,
Han bygger et Huus hen i Veir og Vind.


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1111111111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 92
Words 20
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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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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