This is an analysis of the poem Zeegezichten that begins with:
Hoe glanst in 't zonnelicht de blauwe zee
onmeetbaar - O hoe groot - hoe schoon - hoe schoon......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXcaXXbcXX X XXadXXXXa X XXXXXaXXXXXXdXXcXXXXbXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,9,1,28,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101100011 1001111111 1101110101 0101111100 010001001011 010111001 1111010100 11110101110 11011111111 11010010111 1011110110 0100110100 10010 111100 0111000101 011100101 011011111 11110101010 1111001110 1011011010 1101100101 0101 111 11111 1110111110 11010111000 11011000100 1010111110 1101001101 11110011100 11010101000 1101110011 111100111 11010101010 1110010101 1111111111 11111111011 1111010101 1100101010010 0101010100 0111110010 111101001010 1110110110 1111010111 1111110011 111111111111 10111001110 11111111111 1110111101 1100111110 1100110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; hoe, de, en, het, een, op, mij are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.
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- summary of Zeegezichten;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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