This is an analysis of Tilstaaelse by Emil Aarestrup.

Det var en ung og deilig Kone,
Der gav mig Næring af sit Bryst,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XXXX abXX XXXX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 1111111 1111110 11110111 11110 11111 1110011 11010110 1111000 11011100 11110000 10010101 11111110 111111 11111110 111111 10011111 1111101 10011000 111011 100111011 1111100 11111000 1110001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

og, var, du

Anaphora

og, vi