Analysis of Til H. C. Ørsted

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




Du Traaden fandt, en Bro for Tankens Lyn
I alle Tider, ind i Folk og Riger.
Gud i Naturen er det Sandheds Syn,
Du gav os, klart som Skriftens Ord det siger.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111111 11111111 1110111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 161
Words 34
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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