This is an analysis of Den Stakkelse Blindebuk! Han Gjør Sit Bedste by Emil Aarestrup.

Den stakkelse Blindebuk! Han gjør sit Bedste
Han lytter, standser, vender sig i Hast,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XaaX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 1101001111 1101010111 110111011 10111111 011010111 1101111001 1101101111 1111010111 1011111001 1111010111 10110111 11011110 101100100 1111110110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

han, her, nu

Anaphora

nu

Epiphora

ste, kken, iet