This is an analysis of the poem De Kinderen Van De Soetewey that begins with:

Ze trekken ter schole ten halleveracht,
- Het dorpje ligt ver van ‘t gehucht, -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111000 11111110 111001001101 11111010 11110 01010 111001100 110110 010010 11011011 11011000011 0101001001 10000110010 1101010110 11001011010 11011010 0101011010 1101010 11100 110110 01001110 111110 11010 1100001 11011111011 11011110111 10000110010 1101010110 11011001010 11011011 01011011010 01011011 111110 11010 11110001 111010 110110 111101010 11101101101 11011011011 10000110010 1101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 725
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; t, de, door are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word kasseien at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of De Kinderen Van De Soetewey;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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