Analysis of F. C. Sibbern

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



Selv uden Mandens Navn og hvert Hentydnings-Stof,
Jeg skulde næsten troe, man seer til hvem jeg sigter.
— Gid hver en Digter var saameget Philosoph,
Som denne Philosoph har viist, at han er Digter.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 110111111 11111111111 1111111 111111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 205
Words 36
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 155
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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