This project studies the origins, evolution and transformation of the alternating (syllabotonische) versification in poetry and euml behold from the early modern period and analyzes the role of the Dutch verse in the diffusion of these versification in Europe. Shortly after the Dutch po & euml; see syllabotonische system – was; and especially the iambic metra – the main form of versification in many countries. A proper understanding of the establishment of this location innovative form of versification, as well as in the historical variations thereof in the transition from one language to another, it is extremely important to the pathophysiology of a large number of leading works from the European literature to understand.