Analysis of Du skal ikke troe al Snik og Snak

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



Du skal ikke troe al Snik og Snak,
Tænk, det er Løgn, og siig — mange Tak!


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11111111 1110111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 85
Words 19
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 51
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 17, 2023

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