This is an analysis of the poem Difficile Est Satiram Non Scribere that begins with:

Mit Lands collegiale Kløgt jeg priser,
Nu da jeg seer, af alleslags Aviser,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001110 11111100100 101101111 10011010 1111111 1110111110 11011111 1111001000 1111111 1111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Difficile Est Satiram Non Scribere;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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