Analysis of I Graven gjemmes vor Jordlivs Kjol

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




I Graven gjemmes vor Jordlivs Kjole,
Naar vi gjør Reisen til andre Sole!


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1101111 111110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 80
Words 15
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

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