This is an analysis of the poem Laniena Daphnica that begins with:

Crispus Monsonius, en Skov- og Kammerjæger,
Udmattet udaf Sult i Daphne Skov sig lægger...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaaXbaaXXXXXcXXXXXXXXddXXbXcXXXXXaaXXeXXXbbXcffbbXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXbXXXXXXXXXXXfXXcXXXXXeXXXXghXgXXXiXhXaXXXbcXXXXXXXXXXXXfXXXXXXXXbXXXcXXXXXXXXgXXXXcbXaXXXXXXXXXXXcbXXXXcXcbfXXXXXaXXXfXXXXXXbXXXXaXhXXgccXXXXXXXXXXXXXXhXeXXXXgfXXXXXXXXhXXccXXXXXgXXjXXXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 336,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111100 100101110111 1111110001 111100111101 1111111010 10111110110 11011101111 1101111011 10010111110 11111001010 11111011011 110101100001 1111011111100 111101111100 111100110101 111101110101 1111110101 11010111010 111100110101 11011111100 110111110010 110011111 11110111011 1101011110 1101111010 1001011001100 1011110011 1110111011 1110111110 011111010 10010010010 101111100 1101011111 1110011111 1110110100 1110011011 1110111011 11101110011 11100110111 11111110001 111111110 111101110011 101011111101 111101110100 110111111100 11010011110 111101100100 1110011110010 11011111110 110101010111 111100111100 1111110100 10011110110 111101111110 1111111101 110101111101 1111011111 1110111110 11010111101 1111111010 11010111100 1110001101100 1110111011 110101110010 1111100101 11110111111 0111111011 11100011111 011111101010 1100011111110 101111101111 1111111101 100111101100 111111110010 11111010111 110101011100 10000111111 11010110111101 11011111100 11111010000 110111100110 110001110101 111111111 11100111010 110111111 100010011101 1100111011 111000110101 11001111111 110011111111 100111111 10110011100 11011100100 111011101100 1100011100 11111111101 11111111111 11011110111 11001111111 11100111001 11110101110111 10111110111 110111100101 110101010010 111110101 110111100111 1110001111 1111110110 1111011101011 11111111101 11010111000 111001101011 110101110110 111000110101 11100101000 11011111011 110011111111 1110111101 110101111100 110111110101 1101011111 11011011111 1111111111 11010111001 11010111101 1111111110 11111110111 100111110101 10011110110 10010111011 111111111111 11101110100 1101111101010 011001010 01111111111 11001110110 11001010010 1111111111 11111110101 11111111101 110110111010 1100111111 11001111111 11010111101 111011000110 1101111011 1111110111 1111110101 01010111101 11010111101 11111111001 111100110001 11111110010 1111111111100 1111111101 1111111111 101101110111 1011111111 11011111111 110101010111 01011111101 100101011100 110101100100 11110111110 11011110100 110111010011 1100111011 110111110110 1101101101010 110101111100 1011011110 110100110001 11110011011 11011110111 1100111111 11011111000 110101111001 11010111100 10100110010 11111100101 110001111100 1111001101010 111101011001 11010111110 1001010101010 1111000111010 10111010111 111001111010 101000100100 11001111110 1110101101 11010001111 110101110110 100101101110 1111111111 110101100110 1100110010 1100111110 110111111 11010110011 111101110111 01001110011 1110010111 111011101 11010111011 01001100111 111001110111 11111110001 1110110111 11110111011 111110001 110100110110 1111110110 110101111110 11110111011 11111110101 11100110111 11110111011 11111110101 11110011111 10110011111 11111110100 11111110101 110110111101 10010111001 11111111101 11010111110 11111110111 01111010111 10010111110 0111010101 1111111010 1100110101 1111111111 1101111101 10001110100 1111011111 111100100110 11100111101 1101110011 11100111001 1011111111 1101111101 111111111 1101001101010 11011111110 1110011101 11101110011 11110101101 1111111111 11111100101 111000110111 11000111101 11010111011 11011111111 10110111111 1101010110111 1110111011 0111100011 111100111000 1110111101 111100111000 11111111101 11101110100 1110111001 10011110101 11110111101 1101111011 1101111101 1001001001 1111111011 10100110110 110101111101 111111111 1110111110 1011111011 1100011111010 110101110100 11101110101 111001100011 110101110101 1111111001 110101110111 11111110111 1111011111 11110111011 11100110110 0111110101 110100110110 11111111110 11101111101 100101110100 1001111101000 101111001110 10010111111 1111111101 11011100110 1110011100110 110101111111 101111111 100111111010 11011111010 111101111 11100111000 1100111010 11011100001 111110110 1101111100 110101101000 11101110110 1101011010 10010011010 110101100010 111101100110 100100100110 1111111011 1100101101010 11111111100 11100111111 1110111100 100100111010 110101101010 101011011 11111111101 11011111100 011001011 1100110111001 110101110101 11011110111 11111111111 11001111011 1110111010 11110111101 11101110101 01100111101 1001111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 15825
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2907
  • Amount of lines: 336
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; hver, en, jeg, med, d, er, ham, han, at, i, ved, de, hvis, du, re, og, var, da, paa, om, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, han, nu, hvorledes, de, en, just, hvis, af, om are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, re, ver, ring, ger, de are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase de connects the lines.

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