Analysis of Med en broderet Skjærm

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



I Stykket her, vil Dig dit Hjerte sige,
Er Meer, end nogle Traades Farvepragt
Og Meer end Billedet „En Fiskerpige".
To kostelige Perler er Dig bragt;
De kom fra Dybet, Hjertets Dyb, det rige,
Og deres Glands og deres Værd Du veed,
Du Kjærlige, Du Milde, Elskelige!
Vi har kun disse: Troskab, Kjærlighed!


Scheme ABABABAB
Poetic Form Sicilian octave 
Metre 11011111 01011011 1101111 111011 11111111 111111111 111111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 309
Words 55
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 231
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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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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