This is an analysis of the poem Waar Tebes In Die Stil Woestyn that begins with:

Daar sou ek vrede weer besef
Waar Tebes in die stil woestyn...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,8,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 11001110 11010110 11001110 111111 1101101 1111100 11101111 11011100 1000111 11011100 11000101 11010111 11010110 1011110 11011110 1111111 111001 1111110 1100101 111111010 11101010 11001111 111111 1111110 11110011 11110110 1101110 11011101 01010111 1111111 11011100 1101111 1100100111 11011110 1111110 11001110 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; die is repeated.

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

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