Analysis of I Rom 1841
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)
Fra Hjem og Venner komme ingen Breve;
Stor er min Længsel — thi jeg er en Daare:
Hvis der var noget Ondt, de sikkert skreve,
Jeg faaer kun Brev, naar Brevet ret kan saare.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110111 1011111011 11111111 111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 179 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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