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

Her, hvor den græsrige Slette
støder til Strandens Næs,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX abab XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Xbab aXXX XXXX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111 11101 111111 11111 10000110 1011 101010 1110001 1001011 10010 11101 1011001 1011011 101100 10011 1110 1011011 101100 1011011 11001 10111 10110 1011001 11101 110101 111100 10010111111 11101 1011110 101001 11110010 111001 10110010 101101 10110110 101111 111011 11101 111101 101111 101111 111000 10111 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; s is repeated.

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

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