This is an analysis of Du Var Henrivende Paa Børneballet by Emil Aarestrup.

Du var henrivende paa Børneballet
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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011001100 11010110010 100111110 1100011010 1111011100 111001111 11111111 11101110 11110110010 111101 11110100110 1111110111 111111111 111111100 110110111 100110110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16