Analysis of Min Undskyldning

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



Om mine Digte
  Man sige vil
At her det neppe
  Gik rigtigt til.

Ja, til slig Tale
  Man er parat,
At de fra Heine
  Er' Plagiat.

Ak, hvis de ligne,
  Er jeg dog fri:
Gud Amor ene
  Er Skyld deri.


Scheme ABXB BACA CDCD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111 111 1011 111 1111 101 1111 01 1111 0111 1101 011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 195
Words 42
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 45
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Hans Christian Andersen

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