This is an analysis of Morgenen by Emil Aarestrup.

Naar Morgenen phantaserer paa sin Lyre
Og den Accorder sødt fra Leiet kalde:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX Xab Xab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 11001000111 111001111 11111111 11001100 1001100110 110101101 10110101 010111001 1101111000 1100010001 1101010101 110111110 110001011 1101110011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14