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

Hvor sørgelig dog Skoven bliver!
Dens nylig rige Krone nøgen staaer;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX XbbXXcXX XXXXXXXX XddXXaXX XddXXXXX XeeXXbXX XXXcaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 11011011 11111 1111011 1111010 1011101 11011010 11100101100 111110 111111101 100101 1101100 1110 111101 111111 10110100 1011011 11100011 111101 1011011 10111 11111011 111011 1111011011 1111011 1111011101 100111 1111101 11111 0111010 11100111 1010101 1101110 11110111 11011 01110111 111101 10101111 11111101 10010011 11111110 1101101111 110111 1111101 11011 1100011 110101110 1111011100 111110010 11101011111 1111 11010101 110110 1111111 111001 100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; d is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word held 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 d, re are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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