Høst-Sang by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Høst-Sang that begins with:

Nu falmer Skoven trindt om Land,
Og Fuglestemmen daler;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXa bcXc XXaX dXdX XXXX aXXc bXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 1100010 11010101 11110 1101111 111101 11111101 11001 1111111 1111110 11001101 110110 1111111 1101110 11011111 1111010 111111 1111110 1111111 1101110 1101111 111101 11010101 110111 11101101 1100100 11010111 1100110 111111 11111 11101010 110111 110111 111111 1110101 11011 11110111 1111 1111110 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; for, og are repeated.

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

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

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