This is an analysis of the poem Het Lied Der Blauwvoeteria that begins with:

Hoort een lied van vlaamsche zonen,
hoort het westvlaamsch Kerelslied,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXX XXXb XXXX XXXX XXXc XXXa XdXd eXeX Xbeb XaXc XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa ecXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 1110100 0111000 111111010 10 111101010 10101110 101101 1110111 101111100 1011001 11011010 1100111 11110010 11111110 11101110 101111 110111110 1010101 10111001 1111101 10101110 1010100 11111110 10111011 100111 1011000 1111111 110111 10101110 111111 111111110 110111 11111010 1100101 011010010 1010100 1010100 11000101 1111101 1110101 11111010 10101101 11001100 1110011 11111010 1011100 11001100 10111000 110011010 11111111 11101110 1010111 1110010 10111111 11111110 1010111 10111111 1110100 1111011 100100 11111000 1101010 11011100 1111111 1101110 1110101 10110100 1111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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, 't are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hoort, 't are repeated.

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  • summary of Het Lied Der Blauwvoeteria;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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