This is an analysis of the poem M'N Kleine Goede Daad that begins with:

M'n kleine simpel-goede daad,
Wat hebt ge vaak een winterziel...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 11111100 110010 11111010 11010110 111010 1111100 11011001 110100 11011011 11011110 010110 111011 11101110 110101 1110111 1110101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; en, mijn are repeated.

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

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