This is an analysis of Sørgesangen by Emil Aarestrup.

Daggry var det — Dæmringstiden -
Der hvor Nat og Dag sig møde;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1011100 1111111 101101 1110110 11101110 111110 11111100 101101 10111001 11101100 10111000 1101100 1010110 111110 11100010 1111010 111011 101011111 1011101 101001 1001110 100111 101100 1010001 111111 11100110 111110 11100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28