This is an analysis of the poem Avondliedeke 2 that begins with:

Daar ligt erbarmen in de avond,
een goedheid die geen grenzen weet;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000010 11011101 1110111110 10111101 1110000010 1111110110 11111101 11111001 11100010 1011011 11111110 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; zijn is repeated.

    The author used the same word daar at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Avondliedeke 2;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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