This is an analysis of the poem Alfernes Pleisøn — Iii that begins with:

Saa Høsten gik, og Vintren kom
Med Slud og mørke Dage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaX bXXXcXcX XXXXdXdX XXXeXeXe XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XbXXXXXX bXXXXXXX fXXXXXXd cXXXXXXX XXXXXXXd XdXXXgXX XXXXXXXX gXXXXXXX hXhXfXXX XXXXadXX XeXXXdXX XXXXbXXX hXhXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 11111 1110111 11101 111111 011100 11110011 1101110 111111 11111 11011100 110101 11010111 110110 1101011 1101110 11011111 1110 111111 11010 011011 1111 1110001 11111 11010101 1101100 1111111 111110 111111 1111110 11111101 1101010 1101011 1111 11111111 111110 1111100 110111 1111100 110101 11111101 110111 11011101 11001 1101101 11100 1101111 11101 1101111 11111 01010111 11111 1111011 111111 111111 11111 1101111 111111 11110111 11001 111111 110101 111111 111111 110111 11011 111111 11111 1110111 111101 111111 111101 11010111 11111 1110101 10011 11001111 11111 1100011 110110 1111101 111100 1111110 11100 1111111 1000110 1111111 1110010 11110101 1111010 110110 110110 1101011 11111 11111111 111111 1111101 1111110 11111 1101110 0110001 11111 1111011 111010 111111 1101110 11110111 1111100 1101011 11101 11110111 1101010 11011111 11111 1001111 11110 11011111 1111011 11110111 10010 1111111 11101 11011101 11111 11011111 1111110 11111111 1011100 11011101 1111010 1110111 110110 111011 111110 1101110 110110 1110111 1111110 10111010 111110 11111101 111110 11111111 11011 11011101 111111 11111111 110110 11011111 110111 11011000 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; og, l, ei, han, hvis, ham, hun, med are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, det, hun, den, hvis, f are repeated.

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

  • summary of Alfernes Pleisøn — Iii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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