This is an analysis of Aftenen by Emil Aarestrup.
Nedsynker Solen rødmende og stille
Som blysom Pige i sin Elskers Arme,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXX aXX XXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
- Metre: 10010111 110111101 1110011110 011110001 1111011101 111111101 1111011101 111010111 11011111110 1111011010 1011101110 1111111110 11010111010 11110011000
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14