This is an analysis of the poem Hylas that begins with:

_Au chevalier de Pange._
Le navire éloquent, fils des bois du Pénée,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXaX XXbbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,36,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 0101011101 110101110 101010110001 1111111111 101110100110 10101011110 111110111 1011111110 111111110 110111100111 101111101010 111111110 110111111 11011100110 11010101111 1110110110 1111101110 11101110 111110110100 1100111010 11111001110 1010101110 011010111010 101011100111 1110111010100 1111111010110 111110110011 0101011111 111100111100 01101111010 111110110 111010101011 11111100010 10111111110 101111111 1001011011 11110111110 110111011 10101111111 011101101011 101110101001 1011111011 011111101 11110111110 11011011111 1010111011101 11010111110 111010111 111111111111 111111111 0111110010 11010111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; plus, et, de, te, sa are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, s, te are repeated).

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

  • summary of Hylas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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