This is an analysis of Den Naive by Emil Aarestrup.

Bondepige! lille Bondepige!
Kjender du Cytheres kjælne Hytter?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 1001100 100100110 111101101 1011111100 11110111 10111011 111011101 11111110 10011010 1001100 11111101 111001000 11101111 111101100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14