Analysis of Vise af Festen paa Kenilworth

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



Brødre, meget langt herfra,
over salten Vande,
reiser sig Amerika
med de gyldne Strande,
det er der Fugl Phønix boer;
Guld og Sølv paa Marken groer,
og i Skovens Skygge
stegte Duer bygge!
Hvor frydeligt!
Gud! hvor det er nydeligt!
Skade, at Amerika
ligge skal saa langt herfra!

Der gaaer Solen aldrig ned,
stegt er hver Kastanie,
der er Alting Kjærlighed,
Kilderne Champagne.
Gi'er man der sit Hjerte hen,
faaer man strax to tre igjen,
og paa Mark og Enge
blomstrer der kun Penge.
Hvor frydeligt!
Gud! hvor det er nydeligt!
Skade, at Amerika
ligge skal saa langt herfra!


Scheme abcbaaccBBCA xdbdddeeBBCA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1011 1010100 1111 10111111 111111010 1111 1101 11 11101 110100 11111 11111 1011 10111 101 111111 111111 11111 1111 11 11101 110100 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 560
Words 101
Sentences 12
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 12
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 222
Words per stanza (avg) 50
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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