This is an analysis of the poem Democritus Og Heraclitus that begins with:

Naar, Hr. Magister! vi os Mennesker betragte,
Vi os mod Dyrene jo meget ædle agte:...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 788,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 35300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7010
  • Amount of lines: 788
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; os, en, vi, som, den, jeg, de, nu, han, parder, meer, det, i, mod, et, af, sig, deres, at, ey, til, ve, d, b, om, h, for, er, hans, vil, ham, tolv, man, og, een, paa, ye, efter, moden, hos, der are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vi, den, en, ski, du, man, gid, som, hver, jeg, han, nu, een, til, naar, da, og, i, de, just, om, for, saa, mod, at, hos, det are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines der, de, mme, ge, ve, r, ver, ye, nne, re, be, tter, nder, bte, d, g, ger, er, e, sen are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases de, er connect the lines.

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