Analysis of Ved en Vens Afrejse til Paris!

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



Ved en Vens Afrejse til Paris!'
Mel. Jeg er et Søndagsbarn!

Hør Venners Stemme: drik og spiis!
Thi snart, saa er Du i Paris,
Og nyder der, ja, Gud veed hvad,
Men det er ei den danske Mad!

Paa Boulevarden skal Du gaae;
Gud give at vi saae derpaa!
I Omnibus og i Coucou,
Hvo er saa lystig vel, som Du!

Vi see Dig alt halv udenlandsk,
Grisetter smaa Dig lære Fransk;
Du reiser bort som Nordens Iis,
Men kommer hjem som — ak Paris!

Du oversættes skal paa Fransk,
Originalen er dog Dansk,
Dit Træk med Hovedet, dit Smiil -
Nei, aldrig glemmes det Emil!

Skjøndt Hjertet sidder lidt paatvers,
Skal Visen aande kun Comers!
Igjennem Taarer kan man lee!
Farvel! farvel! det Bedste skee!


Scheme AX AABB CXCB CCAA CCDD AXDC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110 110111 1111111 11101110 1111111 1101111 11111 111111 1100111 1011111 111111 111111 1101111 11011110 1101111 1011 1111111 111101 111111 111110 11111 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 675
Words 129
Sentences 15
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. more…

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