This is an analysis of the poem Paa Ballet that begins with:
Som Dandsens Toner svinde Livets Lykke,
Et Rosen-Blad paa Tidens raske Strøm....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101101 110111011 10010101110 110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Hans Christian Andersen
- Analysis of Paa Brocken Den 26. Mai 1831
- Analysis of Paa En Faders Fødselsdag, Afsjunget Af Hans Børn Mel. Du Lille Purk.
- Analysis of Paa Genfersøen
