Analysis of Til Fru J. L. Heiberg

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



Til Fru J. L. Heiberg
da hun efter sin Sygdom igjen betraadte Scenen
(Den 30te Marts 1853)

Da Du laae Døden nær, stor var vor Sorg,
For Kunstens Skyld Gud lod Dig Sundhed vinde!
Velkommen atter i din Kongeborg,
Du ædle Qvinde, sjeldne Kunstnerinde.


Scheme AXX XBAB
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 11111111 111 11111111111 11111111 11111 11111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 254
Words 46
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 4
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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