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

Skoven staar i sin fejreste Dragt,
Frugter er komne til Blades Pragt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX aaXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 1001111 10111011 11111011 1001 11011011 10111111 101101101 1011111111 101 10101111 10111101 101111011 1111111011 1011 111111111 1111011010 11110010110 101111010 1001 110111 10111101 1111010111 11111101 10010 1110111 111101101 11101111 1111111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; det, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word l is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word naa't at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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