This is an analysis of the poem Efteraaret that begins with:

Som Stormfugle over det mejede Agerland Timerne flyr,
og Solen fører sin Dagfragt tungt gennem susende Skyr....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110100101 1101110110101 1101101101101 1100110101000 110111101100111 110110111011111 110100101001011 11110110111111 10010010110111 111101011011 111011111001 1110010110111101 1101111011101 1111101111101111 11111011001011 110101111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; t, du, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines v is repeated).

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  • summary of Efteraaret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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