Analysis of Med en Ring fra en Ægtemand til hans Hustru

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



Det røde Guld betyder Elskovs Tro,
Og Ringens Form betegner Evigheden.
Hvad Gaven siger her, forstaaer Du jo,
Som skabte for mig Hjemmet til et Eden.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 1111111 11111 11010111 111111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 155
Words 28
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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