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

De Stede welgezind den nieuwen Pastor viert,
haar straten bont gepint met hage en dreve siert,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaa XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01100110101 11011011111 11010111010 01101010111 011110110101 011101111 01010100100101 101100111010110 111100111110 101111010101 11111111111010 1100101100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, en are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word de at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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