This is an analysis of the poem Sois-Nous Propice Et Consolante Encor that begins with:

Sois-nous propice et consolante encor, lumière,
Pâle clarté d'hiver qui baignera nos fronts, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011001110 1110110011 11111101110 10011011010 11010101110 1011101000101 1011111001 101111110101 111111101 01111011100 110110110111 10110111110 111110110010 1101110100 111010101100 101100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; nous, tu, que, et are repeated.

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  • summary of Sois-Nous Propice Et Consolante Encor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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