Analysis of Hvor skulde jeg kunne glemme

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



Hvor skulde jeg kunne glemme
Det Udtryk i dit Øje,
Det Smiil, den bløde Stemme,
Den Straale fra det Høje,
Der lyste mig imøde! -
Og Du er blandt de Døde!


Scheme ABABBB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 11111 111111 111111 11111 1101111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 161
Words 33
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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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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