Analysis of T. C. Bruun

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



Hos Ordets Polyper Du ikke gaaer fri,
Du brændes paa Troens Ex-Kalkbrænderi,
Med Vid Du os sagde, at Pletter er' Pletter -
Du ligned' i meget Voltaire — Din Fætter.


Scheme AAAA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Rubaiyat 
Metre 1111111 11111111 111111101 111101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 174
Words 32
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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