This is an analysis of the poem Afsked I Høst that begins with:

Jeg lytted til Stormens manende Røst,
Da jeg laa ved dit Bryst....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXab XX XXXXcX aXcXcX XXX XXXXcXc XXXXdXXX XXXXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,6,6,3,7,8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110101 111111 01011110111 1101111111 11101111011010 111011010111 10101101001 110110101 1011 1111111111 1100110001 10111111 11001111 1111011101 1101 11101 111110111101 111011111 1111110 111011111 110111101 1111 1101011010 11111111 11011011110 100110111010 11111111 110111110 11011 11111 11111 11111 10111 111111111 11111111 111111001 11011111010 1111010110 110110110110 11111111011 11111110 1111111010 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mme, st are repeated).

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

  • summary of Afsked I Høst;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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