Analysis of Klæd Dig ikke i Rødt, ikke heller i Blaat

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



Klæd Dig ikke i Rødt, ikke heller i Blaat,
Men altid i Lilla, saa gaaer det Dig godt.


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 111111111011 1111011111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 94
Words 20
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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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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