This is an analysis of the poem Abyssus Abyssum Invocat that begins with:

O Jongling, zie rond u de wereld strekken,
zoo kleurig in het kwikkend zonnelicht,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101010 1100110100 1100110100 111010011010 11010111010 111111101 1110101010 11010101010 10110110100 11101011 111011000 11010011000 0101110010 1111110100 11011110100 1111110101 111010010 101101111 10110111010 111101101010 1110110110 1111011011 1111011101 11010100110 111010010 111010010 1011101010 110111100 1111011100 11011110010 11010110010 11110111010 11010111010 1110011111 1100011110 11010111010 1100010001 11110101010 11010111110 111101011 11010111010 111101101 11100111000 0101010101 1111110110 1100110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1922
  • Average number of words per stanza: 322
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, en, de, afgrond, den, het, hij, schiep are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words zoo, bezie, bevroed, en, van, daar, het, hij are repeated.

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  • summary of Abyssus Abyssum Invocat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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