Analysis of Søetoft

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



Phantasus den ungdomsglade,
Kaldte, en Skjærsommernat,
Aanderne til Maskerade,
Og som Kredsen bedst var sat,
Kom just Du til Skovens Hang
Og som Digter dem besang.


Scheme AAAABB
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1111 111 111111 111111 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 167
Words 28
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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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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