This is an analysis of the poem Les Noces De Cana that begins with:

De Cana l’on sait l’aventure,
Mais d’un vieux grimoire je tiens...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX XXAX XXXXXXXb XXAX XXXXXaXX XXAX XXXXXXXX XXAX XXXXcXcbXXAX XXXXXXXX XXAX XdXdaXXX XXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,12,8,4,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011010 11110111 101110 11111 11111111 011111 11011100 1101100 1111110 11010100 1101110 01110100 101101100 11111 011110100 1110011 111011 11010010 10110011 1001111 1111110 11010100 1101110 01110100 111011 1111100 1010101 10111101 11010111 01111111 1110110 1001011 1111110 11010100 1101110 01110100 110111 1101110 1010110 1011110 011110 1011110 1111111 111110 1111110 11010100 1101110 01110100 10010011 011011010 11001111 11110011 111001 11100111 111011101 11101011 1111110 11010100 1101110 01110100 111111111 1100100 11011110 1110010 101110100 10101110 10110010 10100101 1111110 11010100 1101110 01110100 11001011 111011010 111001 101110010 1001011 11111010 101110 10101110 1111110 11010100 1101110 01110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • 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; l, un, de, d, s, te, vous are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Les Noces De Cana;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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