This is an analysis of the poem De Coninck Verlost that begins with:

De Steê leed Walendwang en Leliaardsverraad.
Ter Zale in 't Prinsenhof te midden zijnen raad...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXaXXXXaaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbbXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110011000 1101100110101 110111100110 0110010101100 11110111111 1111100010101 1101111101110 111100101110 110110110011 110111101101 110101101010 11010111111010 01010110101 010100110111 11110110110 11011111111010 11110100110 11111101000 1110001110100 1010101101110 100101111101 010111010101 010111101010 11110110110110 010101110111 1110111110101 010101010110 1101011101100 110001111111 11101010110111 1101011101010 1101111010111110 10101011111011 010101100111 11011111111 11110110011 11011110100 101111110110 11011111111100 1010111101110 011100010011 110010111001 1011111011110 111101111010 1101110111110 110111110110 1101101111101 01011010101011 110101101100 101111110001 010110101110 11011111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2755
  • Average number of words per stanza: 506
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; en, riep, ', de, 't, op, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.

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

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  • summary of De Coninck Verlost;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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