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

Atter jeg skuer dig hist, du dig nærmer, du rynkede Gubbe!
Bleg ved den vindtørre Stav gaaer du din jevnlige Gang....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXbXXaXXXdXXXXXXXcXXXXXXdcXaXdXaXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 74,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110110101 11111101101 1010111111110 111011110011 101101101101 111011111101 10110111101 1011011101101 1010110110100 10111101110 101111001111001 110101101101 10010011111001 110011100111 1011101111010 1110011101111 1101110101111 10001011101 1001001111001110 10001011001 11110111111110100 11111111101 10110111101111 1111111111 11110111011010 1011011011111 11111111110 101101111101 101101011100010 101111100011 101001101110 101111101 10001111011010 101001111110 101101111110111 11110111111 101101111001101 1000101011011 111000111101101 111101011111 1111111000111 1011100111001 10010111110101 1111111111 111001100111 10110011111 1110111100010 101111110110 1100111101 1110011111111 11111100110010 1011001100101 10111110001010 1001111111110 10010111101101 1011111011001 10111110111110 10110111101 10111111100110 10101110101 101110110110010 1001011010011 110111010110 101111101 1000100110011 111011101101 11101110011110 11111111110 10100111101101 1110111001001 111001111101110 11100111101 110111100111 101001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4007
  • Average number of words per stanza: 738
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; din, du, i, og, han, er, hvor are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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