This is an analysis of the poem Forspil Til En Efteraarsudstilling that begins with:

Skarpe Øjne.
(ved Indgangen):...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX Xa XXXa XX Xa XX a XXa X XX Xa XXX XXbXa XX XXX XXa XXcXXXcXXXXcXcbXb XbXXXXX Xb XX XXX XX XX XX XXaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,4,2,2,2,1,3,1,2,2,3,5,2,3,3,17,7,2,2,3,2,2,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1100 1111111 1111111 110 10 1011010 11 11 10 11110110 11101 110 110100 111111 110 11100 111111 101 1110 1010011 111110 111111 10 11100 1111111111 1100 110101 111111 011101011 11111111 110100 1011011011 1101 110011101 1110100111 1 11 1110011 10 1011000 11 010110101100 1110 01010111100 11001111110 111 1110111110110 111 111111100 1111011010 111 111001110 01011011101 11111101100 111101101 100 111101111 1111110100 110101110 1111100110 111101100 11001011100 10010 1111111001 1100 111101101 1100 100 1101 1000 1101010 1111000 11111110 1000 1101 1110 111110 1100111 10111 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tale, ikke, ts, en, det are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words tale, betale at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Forspil Til En Efteraarsudstilling;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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