Analysis of Jeg elsker dig

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



Min Tankes Tanke ene Du er vorden,
Du er mit Hjertes første Kjærlighed,
Jeg elsker Dig som ingen her paa Jorden,
Jeg elsker Dig i Tid og Evighed!


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111101 1011111111 111110110 1111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 152
Words 30
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 29, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. more…

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