Analysis of Med en Kurv med Æg

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



I Kurven, paa Ballet, i Dands og i Leg
Jeg nynner saa sagte dette:
Fugl Phønix er i det ene Æg;
Men see nu, Du finder det rette!


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 1110111111 11111 111101111 11111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 135
Words 30
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. more…

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