This is an analysis of the poem Ter Gelegenheid Eener Eerste Misse that begins with:

Des Heeren uitverkoren van alle eeuwigheid,
gekweekt aan 's altaars voet in rust en vreedzaamheid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100011100 1011101011100 101111110110 1010011011100 11110101100 1111101110100 1011111101000 11101110011010 110111100011 1101011111101 1101010101000 1110010111110 111101010111 010111101111 1111110111010 1111011101110 110111110110 111111011000 11011001011110 1101111101110 111010110111 111101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 198
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (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; van, en, de, kent, hij are repeated.

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