Analysis of Til Fru Mortier de Fontaine

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



Til Fru Mortier de Fontaine
foran i et tydsk Exemplar af ,,I Sverrig''

Du Sangens Datter, lad fra Danskens Strand,
En Sangfugl følge Dig i Jennys Land.
Den i dit Modersmaal fortælle veed,
Om Svealandets Sagn og Deilighed!


Scheme XX AAAA
Poetic Form
Metre 11100101 10111010111 1111111 11111111 1111111 11111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 226
Words 40
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 2, 4
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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