Analysis of Hun er som en Rose, saa frisk og blød!

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



Hun er som en Rose, saa frisk og blød!
Ja en levende Rose, baade hvid og rød.
Hun skinner for mig som Bjergtoppens Snee,
I hendes Øine er Himlen at see.
Jeg veed det nok, at Himlen hos hende
Er den, som Mahomedanerne kjende;
En Houri er hun, et djævelsk Skarn,
Og dog et mageløst Deiligheds-Barn.
Hun lyser ind i mig med Øinenes Ild,
I al den Glands farer Mennesket vild;
Hun siger da til mig, det er som et Qvad:
„Nyd Livets Minuter, pluk Blomstens Blad,
Troer Du, at en Djævel gjør Mennesket glad!"


Scheme AAAAAABBAAAAC
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111111 111111111 11011111 1110111 11111111 01111 11011111 11110111 11111111 1111111 1111110111 111111 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 506
Words 98
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 375
Words per stanza (avg) 95
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. more…

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