This is an analysis of the poem Maleren Ludvig Karsten that begins with:

Nu falder Høstens Blade, nu fødes under Veer
en ny Olympiade, hvor han ej kæmper mer....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111101 1110011111 11011101111 11111011110 11111011011 11011110111 0111101110 111101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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  • summary of Maleren Ludvig Karsten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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