Analysis of J. Baggesen
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)
Hen ad den nøgne Kyst de Bølger trille,
Forstaaer Du Vandrer deres dybe Chor:
Der var en Tid, Corsøer var meget lille,
Men Baggesen blev født, og den blev stor."
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111111111 111111 111110111 111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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