This is an analysis of the poem Partant Pour La Scribie that begins with:

A pleasant land is Scribie, where
The light comes mostly from below,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcdcd efefeX gegege hXhghgXdcdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011 01110001 11010101 01111111 01111101 11010111 00011101 11011101 01110101 11110001 10111101 01100101 01110101 10110111 11010101 11010101 11010001 1100111000 01110001 11010001 11010101 11110111 11010101 01000111 01010111 011101010 01010101 11010101 11011101 11011111 11011111 10011111 11011111 11110100 01000101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, their, land, where are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Partant Pour La Scribie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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