Analysis of Paa Ballet
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)
Som Dandsens Toner svinde Livets Lykke,
Et Rosen-Blad paa Tidens raske Strøm.
Imorgen Dandsen mindes med dens Psyche,
Men borte er hun, som en deilig Drøm.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 1110111 110111111 1111110 110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 162 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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