This is an analysis of the poem Efteraar Og Vinter that begins with:

Nu er der i det hele Herred
Ei Blomst paa Stilk, ei Frugt paa Qvist;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabcbc XXdXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXcXc dXdXeXeX XXXXXaXa eXeXXXXX XbXXXfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 11111111 1101110 0111111 1110111 1101111 10010111 110101011 1111010 1111101 11010110 11110111 11111100 11011111 11010110 1110100 110111 111111 1101111 1111010 11010101 10110101 1010010 1111010 11111110 1010101 011101100 1101101 1011101 10110101 1101111 11010101 11111110 11110101 11101110 11110100 11011111 11111111 1111111 1111100 10111110 11011100 0111100 11011010 111111 11111001 1011111 111011 11010101 11011101 11011101 1011111 111011 1101111 101111 1110100 11010111 11010111 01100110 1110011 11010001 1111101 1111011 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, ei, og are repeated.

    The author used the same words nu, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Efteraar Og Vinter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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