This is an analysis of the poem Breitmann In Holland. Leyden. that begins with:

TIS shveet to valk in Holland towns
Apout de twilicht tide, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXacXc XdadXefe XXXaXXXX XdXdXgXg ahXhXiaX ijXjXgcg XhXhfbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 100101 11111101 110111 111100101 011101 11001100 111101 01010110 110111 10111101 0100101 1110110 110101 11101101 100101 1101110 1011001 11011101 011101 0111010 1100101 11010111 101110 01101101 111101 11111111 110101 1111110101 110111 11010101 1010111 1010101001 110111 11011100 110101 1100110 111111 101000101 11011111 101001101 110011 01010001 110111 01010100 0100111 01111111 010001 111010100 111001 011101101 1100101 10110101 110111 01010111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; you is repeated.

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

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

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