Analysis of Mandag være Dig Mærke-Dag

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



Mandag være Dig Mærke-Dag,
Paa den skal Du heise dit Bryllupsflag.


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1111111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 75
Words 13
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 51
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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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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