Analysis of Paa Genfersøen

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




Hvor Alperne høit deres Snekrone bær'
Og træde den saftfulde Ranke,
Jeg føler mig dog mit Danmark saa nær;
Thi Danmark boer i min Tanke.
Og Søen, den er saa blaa, saa blaa
Som Vinterhimlen i Norden!
Nei, ingen Maler tør male den saa. -
Gid Alle dog saae det paa Jorden!


Scheme ABABCDED
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 111111 111111111111 111111 111101111 11110 111011111 11111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 277
Words 54
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 200
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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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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