Analysis of C. Wilster

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



De første Prygl vi i Skolen fik,
Det var for det Verbum amare."
For Dig det bedre med dette gik,
Du Hjerter vandt og vil dem bevare,
Blot ved din Sang om det Verbum amare.
Amare.


Scheme ABABBB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 111111 1111111 1111111 11111111 1
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 182
Words 39
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 135
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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