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

Vinden hvirvler Lundens faldne Blade
Hvinende, hen over Markens Straae,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 10110101 10101011 11101101 11011101 1111111 11011110 111011110 111001000 1011101 110111 111010101 1111111111 10111010 11111011 1101101 11111011 1001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I Hösten;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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