Analysis of Zahle

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




Dig Musen gav en Lyre til at spille,
Men Du — Du tier næsten ganske stille.


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 85
Words 18
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 56
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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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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