Analysis of Frøken Christy Hohlenberg

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



Fra Hindostan, — som Digterne jo sige
Er Phantasiens Hjem og Alfers Rige,
Du kom, da Du var Barn, op til vort Norden,
Hvor vaade Taager svæve over Jorden,
Og Svanen vintrer paa den stride Elv.
Dansk var din Slægt og nordisk er Du selv,
Alt Sagaen og Kjæmpevisen priste
Hvad ubevidst Du os i Nutid viste,
At i det stille Liv tidt Blomsten groer,
Som Norden sjelden veed og sjelden troer.


Scheme AABBCCDDEE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111111 011111 11111111110 111111010 1111111 1111111011 111111 1111111 111111110 11011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 390
Words 74
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 300
Words per stanza (avg) 72
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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