This is an analysis of the poem Brébeuf And Lalemant that begins with:

Came Jean Brébeuf from Rennes, in Normandy,
To preach the written word in Sainte Marie–...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccXccddeeffba X bbXghgiijjff bbeeeeeeiibX cceeddeeddhhjjf X feeeeeekkiX ggeedd gdgdbb Xeiecccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,12,12,15,1,11,6,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110100100 0101010101 01100100101 1100110001 0101100111 1101110100 1101111101 10110001001 1001011101 11001000111 1101010011 0100110001 1101010001 10111001111 01001110101 1011000100 11 1011010101 1001100101 1011010011 101101011001 1101111101 1101010101 0100010101 11110101001 1101001101 1101001101 1101010111 10011001100 1101110001 1001111101 1101010101 1101010011 11011010001 1111010111 1101110001 1101010111 10110110101 1000010101 1011010111 0111111111 1100010111 0100010001 11010100001 11010100101 0101110011 0111110101 11000100101 1111010101 1001011101 0101110101 11110010101 1111010101 0101000101 1111010101 1101110101 11 1011100101 10010100101 0100010111 1101110101 111000101 11010010011 0011110101 0101110101 1011000101 1001100101 01110101000 11010111001 11010010101 1111011111 01011100001 1101111101 10001110101 110100101 11001010001 0110101101 1101110111 0101010111 1111110101 110010110 1111010101 1101010101 1101000111 01000101001 0101010101 1101011101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, but, o are repeated.

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

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