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

De wereld in, gij Liedjes en Gedichten
der eerste jeugd, en, vraagt men wie gij zijt...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001101100 111111111 11110001110 1111011111 1101010110 1101001110 11011010010 11101011 111101000 111000100 11011111000 1110111110 1111010100 110010111 11011100110 1011010101 101110000 11001001010 101110100010 11111100101 1111010101 110010111 11011101100 11011110110 01100110100 11011100100 01001101100 1101011101 1111011110 1111011010 1101111101 1101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 219
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, wat are repeated.

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

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