Analysis of Sorterup

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



Du digted' for Dansken en Sang under Ø,
Den burde hver Dannemand kjende,
Den havde den Skjæbne, den aldrig vil døe,
Med Dig vil det samme vist hænde.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 11111110 11111 1111111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 158
Words 30
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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