Analysis of Ved et Barns Død

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




Dit Øie loe, din Kind var rød,
Sødt klang din Barne-Stemme,
Nu er Du bleg og kold og død,
Vi kan Dig aldrig glemme.

Hvert Aar naar Julen kommer nær,
Og Alt er Barne-Glæde,
Vi pynte Dig ei grønne Træer,
Vi mindes Dig — og græde!


Scheme ABAB XAXA
Poetic Form Pantoum 
Quatrain 
Metre 11111111 111111 101111111 11111 11111011 110111 11111110 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 240
Words 48
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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