Analysis of Sindet forfriskes, Tanken beriges

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



Sindet forfriskes, Tanken beriges;
O kun i fattige Ord det udsiges:
Deiligt at flyve og juble i Vrimlen;
Tak for min Lykke, Fader i Himlen!


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111 1111111 1111111 11111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 144
Words 27
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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