Analysis of Med en Papirholder i Form af en Ridderhaand

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



Hvor Skjønhed lægges
Af Gud i Form og Aand,
Der kan kun rækkes
En Ridderhaand.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111 111111 11111 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 86
Words 17
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 59
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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