Analysis of J. Thiele

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



Hvad Sphinxen ridsed' i det dybe Sand,
Det løste Barnet for den ældre Mand,
Du trykked' Kys paa Rosens fine Blad,
Og et Sonet paa hvert af disse sad.


Scheme AAAB
Poetic Form ~Monorhyme
Metre 1111111 111101111 1111111 111011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 156
Words 31
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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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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