Analysis of Til Axel Fredstrup

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



Til Axel Fredstrup
med mine Eventyr
(Han havde i ,,Lykkens Blomst'' været den lille Nisse)

Er „Lykkens Blomst' end kastet hen,
Saa veed jeg dog tilvisse,
Jeg har en gammel trofast Ven,
Her i den lille Nisse.


Scheme XXA BABA
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 111 1111111111 011111 11111 1111011 01111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 212
Words 39
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 4
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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