This is an analysis of the poem Die Beke that begins with:

O Beke die door het bloeiende veld
so wild gejaegd immer henen snelt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXaXcXXXddXXaXXXXXeaXXXXXXXXeXbXXXXeXXbbXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 70,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111 111010101 10111110 11111011111 1111010101 11100100 11001111111 11111111011 1111011011 1011011101 1001101101 111110101 11111100111 01111111001 11101111111 1111111111 1111111101 11111111001 10101101011 11111001001 1101001101 0111100100 11010111010 110101101 111111001 1101101101 1111101001 11111011010 11111111001 11001011111 101111010011 01001001011 0100101101 01100011011 1111100111011 111111111100 1111111010 1101101001 11111011010 110110111011 11110101 110011100011 1111110101 111010101 11111001001 1101111110 11011111111 11111011010 111111001111 1111011 1111111011 11111101110 111101001 111111011 1100101111 11011110101 1111111110 110011011 1101110111 110010011111 1101101 10110011011 1111110011 1010111001 11011101 1101001101 1001001101 1110011011 11110111001 11011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2893
  • Average number of words per stanza: 546
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ik, 't, so, en, mi, die, de, droom are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ik, die, en, de are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Die Beke;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Albert Rodenbach