Analysis of Jeg gav dem mit fulde Hjerte

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



Jeg gav dem mit fulde Hjerte,
Jeg gav dem min hele Sjæl,
De loe af min dybe Smerte,
Traadte mig med deres Hæl.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111111 1111111 111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 117
Words 25
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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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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