Analysis of Nu er Du paa Maskerade

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



Nu er Du paa Maskerade,
Og det paa Højbroplads;
Imorgen paa Østergade,
Saa er Du Lykkens Mads.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 10111 11111 111 10111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 101
Words 19
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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