Analysis of Under en ung afdød Piges Portrait

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



Igjennem hendes Øines Dyb man saae
En Sjæl saa reen, saa fuld af Kjærlighed.
Hvor smukt i Haabets unge Aar at gaae
Fra Hjertets Hjem ind i Guds Herlighed.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 1110111 1111111111 11111111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 162
Words 31
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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