Analysis of Til A. Bournonville [Et Folkesagn igjennem Slægter lever]
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)
Et Folkesagn igjennem Slægter lever,
Det I sig selv har Magt mod Tidens Haand,
Dit Folkesagn til Skjønheds Digt sig hæver,
Det lever ved sin Poesi og Aand!
Scheme | ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111110 111111111 111111111 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 163 |
Words | 30 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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