This is an analysis of the poem Geschiedenisse that begins with:

Ha! spijts uw woord van billikheid en van rechtveerdigheid,
gij zijt geen Rechter, uwe taal stuwt 's Kampers driftigheid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXbXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXbXXcXXXXXXccXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXddXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXeXXXXXXcXXeXXcXXXfXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXgXXXXXXXXXXfXXXXXXXfXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXgXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXhhXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 232,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111100111000 11110111110100 111111011100110 110111010110010 101110101110111 10011001110010 0100110011101100 011011101011110 1101110011100101 10111111110010 01110011001110 111001111101110 00110101110101 1101010010110011 10011101111100 1100100111010010 1101111110110 0110110111100 11100010111010 1101001110010 11010100101100 101101101101001 110011111101110 1001011101100010 10010111010010 11111100110110 110111001111100 1101110111001000 101111101010011 110001110100111 0101111110101 110101011001 11011100110110 11011111010110 110111010111010 111101111111000 11110101110001 10111101110001 110010111111010 10001111111110 1001110011111001 111100101010011 100111101001110 1111111111000 10011111110101 11111100110110 111101101111010 10011111100010 111111001111010 1110101111110100 10011011100110 11010101101110 11110101101100 11011101111001 111110110110110 11100101111110 01010101010001 110111100110001 110111011101100 11010101111000 11101101110110 11111101100110 1001110010101100 110100100101100 1100111111101 11011111111001 110010111111100 110101101100100 1100111111011 101101011110101 1001101010010 111001000101100 10111111110010 111110101110110 110101001101100 11111011001100 10010100100110 11010100111001 011001000110110 100101000100000 11110100110110 1100100111100 111110110101100 111111011001110 010101011101100 11010101110010 11110110110101 10011101110101 11111001110011 11001101100100 1111101111110 11111101111000 111101111100100 110111000100110 100101011100010 11001001100110 111111111101010 1111100111111010 1111101111110 11110101100100 110010011101100 01101110111101 11111101111110 01010101110101 1101001110110 110101111100110 11110101111101 110101111110 1110011011011110 111101011111000 1110010111111110 11000101110011 110101111100010 11111111110010 111111001011101 101101011110100 1111010111101110 1001011011101010 11011101110111 11000100110001 1101011111110 1000111011101110 111110101111101 111010111110101 11011111011010 0101111010010010 010001100100100 1101110111100 11110100110010 1001100111111100 1101011101100 11011000111000 1001011111100100 1100100011111000 111011011111 1110101110111 110101101100100 111011111001000 101010100100101 11010011101101 111100111101100 111111011100010 11011101111100 100001011101001 1001010111111110 1110111101110 1100010110001 010010111110111 111110111110010 1001110111110 11110001101110 1101101011101 11110110111000 11111101111100 111111111110101 100111111001010 11110101110110 11001000111000 11111111111001 1001101110101 1011011110010 1101101100010 11111111100111 11011101100101 1101100110100 11010100111000 110111001111001 111110100110011 11111101110111 111011001101100 10110101101100 1101110011110100 111100101010101 1101011011101 1110010110110 11100101111101 1001100011110010 101010011100110 01111111101 1111010110111 110110101101010 111110101101110 1100111111001 1111111101001 110110111011100 010010010001100 1010110111100 11011111110010 011101111111010 110111111111110 10111100100111 11001011100100 111111011011000 1101001101001100 110111010100101 11100010111101 111110011010010 11111010100010 111010111110110 11010111110010 11110001111010 01110100111110 1101111110001 11001100011100 1111111011011110 11101101111010 1111111101111 1111111110101 11110101110010 111011001111010 11010111111101 01001100111101 101011111101100 10111110010010 11111111110101 1111001110111 111011111111100 011001111111010 11111011111011 10110100111011 111111100101110 111110011111110 1111011111010 11111101101011 10111001101110 110101111111010 100110111110 11101100110101 111111010101000 111011011101010 111010000111100 100110111000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 13718
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2312
  • Amount of lines: 232
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; gij, en, de, van, het, een, 't, of, uit, al, o, te, haar, zij, dat, schuld, in, den, ik, wij are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words gij, en, want, al, dat, die are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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