Analysis of Med H. P. Holsts: Den lille Hornblæser
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)
I Kampens Stund han blæste kjækt
Blandt Seiersraab og Sukke, -
Men nu, da Stridens Saar er lægt,
Han blæser for de Smukke.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111111 1111 11111011 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 131 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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