This is an analysis of the poem Sainte-Nitouche that begins with:
Though not for common praise of him,
Nor yet for pride or charity, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb defe ghih XfXf ijfj gkdk flml mhdh ahdh khlh dgmg ahnh eodo afgf efhf ddpd amam geme hgmb ffhf neke dklk dqiq lgeg hfff mglg fqpq dfcf fhah hoio fhah dmam gdfd hala hfgf lqhq efqf fdqd iapa fjlj qheh Xeae fhdh fkhk ihmh cqgq ffXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 11111100 11110100 11010100 11010001 11011111 11011001 11010101 11010111 11000101 11010101 10010101 11110110 11110111 11110001 11011111 11111101 11011101 110010011 01110001 11111101 01110111 01011101 11001101 11111111 11110111 11111101 01111111 11110100 11111101 11101101 01110111 11110111 11010101 11010111 11010101 11010111 11011111 11110111 11011101 11111111 01011000 11110101 11011101 11110111 11011100 01000100 011111011 01111100 11110101 11111101 11111111 11110100 01011101 11101101 11111101 10010111 10011111 11111111 01011101 11010111 11010111 11011111 11010001 11110111 11010100 11010101 01010001 11011111 11000100 11011111 01011101 11110011 01111111 01110111 11010100 10111111 11111101 110010101 11010101 11110100 01110100 11110111 11010100 11111111 01110101 10011101 11110001 11110101 01011101 11010101 01011101 11111101 11011101 11011100 11110111 11110011 11110101 11001111 01011111 01010101 11110101 11111111 11110101 11110111 11111001 11111011 11100101 11111101 11110111 11001101 01110111 11111111 11110101 110011111 11010101 01100101 11111101 01100001 01010111 01010111 01011110 11011100 01010101 11111111 01010110 11010101 11100100 111011111 11111101 01011111 11111111 10110111 01011101 01010111 01010111 11010111 11010111 11111111 11110111 11010101 01011101 10110111 01110111 11011111 110010111 11111111 11011111 11111111 11111111 11110111 01110111 11011101 01110001 11011001 11110101 11100111 11011101 10011111 11110101 01111111 01011111 01001101 11000011 01010110 11010101 11110101 11001101 11110101 01010101 11001101 11111101 01010101 01011001 10111111 01011001 11110101 01110111 01110101 11010011 11000100 11100101 11111111 11010101 11111111 11011111 11001110 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 47
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 188
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; for, himself, we, have, you, i, them, it, and, he, me, truth are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, who, i, the, you are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sweet connects the lines.
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- summary of Sainte-Nitouche;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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