Analysis of P. F. Friis

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



Du sang om Liremanden — ham Verden gaaer forbi,
Vil han, som Kunstner spille?
O, hør dog paa ham stille!
— Du viste os, at Hjertet var fuldt af Melodie.


Scheme ABBC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 11111 1111111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 162
Words 32
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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