Analysis of Med en Bronze-Hest som Papirpresse

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



Med en Bronze-Hest som Papirpresser)
Til en dansk Statsmand

Her kommer en Hest paa flyvende Fire,
Den kom fra Arabien denne Nat.
Den græsser alene paa Statspapirer,
Og staaer i Tøir paa en Tanke-Skat.


Scheme AB ABAB
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1111 010111110 111111 1110111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 206
Words 36
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 2, 4
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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