Analysis of J. Ewald

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



Din Smerte var en Sky, i Stormen vild,
Til Dug den blev ved Poesiens Ild,
En Dug, der kaldte Duft fra Blad og Straa,
En Taare, hvori Himlens Billed laae.


Scheme AABC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 1111111 111111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 158
Words 32
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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