Analysis of Med et Bundt Cigarer

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



Da en Syndflods Vande
Bragte Død og Grav,
Mennesker og Lande
Sank i salten Hav;
Arken, da det endte,
Stod paa Ararat;
Duen Noah sendte
Ud i Frygtens Nat.
Bunden som til Sengen
Hver i Arken sad;
Duen kom fra Engen
Med et Olieblad.

Doctoren som Duen
Tidt man venter paa;
Træder han i Stuen,
Hjertet haabe maa;
Ingen Laurbærblade
Han i Munden har,
Vi ham ryge lade
Da en god Cigar.
Træder Du i Stuen,
Ryger, som vi bad,
Ja, da er Du Duen,
Som har Haabets Blad!


Scheme ABABAXAXCDCA CXCXAEXECDCA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11111 111 1111 1111 1110 1101 1111 1111 1111 11110 111 111 11101 11111 111 111 11101 1111 11101 11111 1111 11011 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 447
Words 91
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 12
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 173
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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