This is an analysis of the poem Prologus that begins with:
Ik kome als Prologus, naar 't oud gebruik, berichten
wat onze spelers zullen op 't tooneel verrichten,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXXXXaaXXXXXXXXXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110011110100 1110101110100 11100011101 0100100111 1111011111110 011111101100 1101011011011 10011001100 111110011000 1101111001110 111101111011 0101 110111101010 1001111111100 110101011111 11110110110 101101011000 1100110101100 10010101010 10010100100 110001011000 11011011001010 101011010110 111101101100 111101011110 11110011110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1220
- Average number of words per stanza: 197
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; van, en are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word uedelen is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Prologus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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