Analysis of Ja vel, vi er midt i November

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



Ja vel, vi er midt i November,
    men vi er i Spanien med,
Og jeg gaaer i Vinterfrakke,
     jeg fryser paa dette Sted;
Sevilla, din klare, blaae Himmel,
    Oranger i hver en Allee,
Ja deiligt er det at see paa,
    men føle er meer end at see!
Jeg føler, at Luften har Kulde,
    i Slængkappe svøber sig Hver,
Man sidder paa Marmorbænke
    under Orangetræer;
Jeg kjender slet Ingen af dem,
    og dog er jeg ikke forladt,
Jeg kjender saa mange Stjerner
    paa Himlen fra Hjemmets Nat;
Ved dem og ved det at jeg fryser,
    er jeg i mit danske Hjem;
Sevilla, o hvor Du forstaaer dog,
    at trylle det Kjæreste frem!


Scheme ABCBDEFEBACAGBAHAGCG
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111011010 110111 11111 11111 01011110 111101 1101111 110010111 1111111 1111111 11111 1010 111111 110111 11111 11111 11111111 01111111 01011111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 616
Words 113
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 439
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

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