This is an analysis of Natten by Emil Aarestrup.

Og kommer Natten, falder Dug i Enge
Og Trætheds tunge Blyhaand paa dit Hoved,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 1101010111 111101110 11110011100 1100010110 1110101 1111001100 100011010 110111111 11011001010 1001011 110111011 11011101110 110101111 11111011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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