This is an analysis of Elegie Til En Myg by Emil Aarestrup.

Lille Myg paa spinkle Vinger,
Som i Aftensolen svinger…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXabXXXXXbXaXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 111110 11100010 11111 1110111 10111 111101 111111 1010101 1011110 1010110100 101011 101011 1000101 1001110 1110100 11111 111101 10111 110111 1111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20