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

Twee vorsten zijn in veete en des
twee legers aan het kampen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11010111 1101110 110011101 1101010 1111001001 100100 11110111 11101 110001001 010111 10110011 110101 11011111 11001100 11011001 01010 11011011 1101011 11101100 101101 1101111 1101010 0111011 1011010 101100010 111111 11011101 10110 11110100 1101100 10110111 010100 111101011 010110 1011101 110100 01000110 1001010 11101011 11101010 10011100 100100 111111111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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

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

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