Analysis of E. Storm

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



Herr Zinklar drog over salten Sø,"
Ja, det kan man kalde en Vise,
Den bruser, som Bølgen om Sjølunds Ø,
Den ene, kan Skjalden prise!


Scheme ABAA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111011 1111111 11111111 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 141
Words 28
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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