This is an analysis of Speilet by Emil Aarestrup.

Lille Ecko, lille Skjønheds-Ecko,
Tør en Hyrde i din Grotte hvile?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101110 1111111 111110101010 111111101 0110101010 1011101110 10111011 1111111011 11111011 101111111 11111011 111001111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

ecko, r

Anaphora

uden, o