This is an analysis of the poem Septemberaften [højt, Højt En Stjerne Staar! ] that begins with:
Højt, højt en Stjerne staar!
saa højt som ingen Sinde...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXa bXXb XXXX bXXb XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 111101 11111 11111 1111110 111100 111101 1111110 01100 10010 11010 01011 111110 11111 1111 111110 11111111 1100100 100110 100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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; h, jt, en, stjerne, saa, i, dit are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saa is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).
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- summary of Septemberaften [højt, Højt En Stjerne Staar! ];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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