This is an analysis of the poem Mildt Efteraar that begins with:

I Fjor ved denne Tid jog Blæst og Regn
om Hæk og Hegn...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aaXXXX 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: 111111111 1111 110111110110 110111111 111001101 11010101010 111111111 1101 111111111 1111110101 11111111 111110100 111110011 1110 111111111 111101100 110111101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, en are repeated.

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

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

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

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