Analysis of J. L. Heiberg

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



Den lille Amor fra Hækken fløi,
En Piil han tabte — Du fandt just den,
Og det er denne Du bruger som Pen,
Selv Spidsen har himmelsk Væde.
Du drømte, som Mand, ved Elverhøi,
Din Drøm blev al Danmarks Glæde.


Scheme ABBCAC
Poetic Form Sestain
Sestet 
Metre 111011111 11111111 11011111 111111 11111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 217
Words 42
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 150
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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