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

Marken staar med sine Hvededynger.
Og ved Hvedens Side stod en prægtig Klinte,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXaXXXXXXXX aX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,2,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111000 111011111 111101111111 101010101000 11011100 111001111 111011110010 1011111010110 1010011011101 10110001011 1010010000 111001000 11111000110 1111011100 100111011001000 111101010000 1010011110 11011100 11001101 11110 01011101 1101101100010 110011010011 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; og is repeated.

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

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

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

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