Analysis of P. A. Heiberg

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



Komme hvo som komme vil,
See i hans Lanterne;
Viddet holder Ridderspil
I en Tænker-Hjerne;
Virtuosen skal I faae;
Von og Van som Narre staae,
 Selv med Baand og Stjerne


Scheme ABABCDB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1111 1101 11111 1111 111111 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 171
Words 32
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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