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

Nys gled Maanen bort fra Længen
men endnu staar Himlen gylden,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 11011010 11111110 11101110 1111 1111110 11101000 1000101 1011110 1011101 101111 111110 1111110 11111110 1101000 10001010 11101010 111101 1111110 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; og is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nder is repeated).

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

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