Analysis of Wessel
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 (Odense) – 1875 (Copenhagen)
Du aad og drak, var sjelden glad,
Gik dine Støvlehæle skjæve,
Tilsidst Du Døden ønske gad -
Til Straf skal Du nu evig leve!
| Scheme | ABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 1111011 111111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 133 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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