This is an analysis of the poem La Fraisne that begins with:
For I was a gaunt, grave councillor
Being in all things wise, and very old,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaab cddd abba XaXeXe e eaaX ffggagaaaaXgd dhX gggeg X Xc hXchge
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,1,4,13,3,5,1,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111011100 1001111101 111101010101 11110101 111111111 0111011 111101010101 00101011101 1111010011 111011101 101101101 00110111101 101101101 111101 11011111 11110111 111110010 1011 1101110001 11110111 1111111 111101001111 111101011001010 1111101110111 111101101 1101001 11111101111 1100110001 010110101 0111 0010011 11111111 00101111 1011111011011 1010101010 111111101 11111111 111110011 111101 111101011 111111101011 111010 110111 11101101 111010 1111111 1110101 111100101101 1111010111 00111 111101 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, of, have, and, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, she, and, that are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines men is repeated).
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- summary of La Fraisne;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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