Analysis of Tullin

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



Ved Spøg gleed Vintren hen i muntert Lag,
Kun Snillet man til Tempelpræst udkaarer.
Du bragte Skovens Grønt paa Maiens Dag,
Og lærte: der er ogsaa Fryd i Taarer


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111111111 1111111 11111111 111101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 169
Words 31
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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