This is an analysis of Naar Folket Fordumtid Var Stedt I Fare by Emil Aarestrup.

Naar Folket fordumtid var stedt i Fare,
En Fører valgte sig den store Skare;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXX bbXXXXb XXbXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX bbXXccb
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 1101001111 1111111 011111001111 011111011111 10110110 10010110 100 1101110111 11101011 1111011111 11101110101 101101110 10111100 101 100101100 1110101000 11111111111 10011110111 11011101 1101111 101 011101111 11111111 111101011111 0110011111 1110111 1110011 101 111011101 1101110111 1111100001 1101011001 110101110 10011010 111 110101011 1101011111 101111101111 111000110101 110011010 11111110 111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

ham, de, gav, og, r, re, som

Anaphora

de, troskabseed, folkets, som, danske, held

Epiphora

de, re, nne