This is an analysis of the poem De Votre Dianet that begins with:

De votre Dianet (de votre nom j'appelle
Votre maison d'Anet) la belle architecture,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa aXXX XXa XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 011001110 11010111010 1101011010 111100110111 1110111001 11001011100 010101010 1110111100 11001011110 100010011010 101100111000 111101110 11111110 11111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, votre are repeated.

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

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  • summary of De Votre Dianet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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