This is an analysis of the poem The Hell-Gate Of Soissons that begins with:
My name is Darino, the poet. You have heard? Oui, Comédie Française.
Perchance it has happened, mon ami, you know of my unworthy lays. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabb Xbcc ddee aacc ddbX ffbb ccgX ccgg hhii dddd bbbb jjbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010001011101110 01011011011010101 11111111011001001 1111101100101110 111000011001101001 01111001001011001 01001101101101001 111101001010001101 1111010010111111011 101001001010011001 01001001011001101 101101011000101001 011001011011011001 101111001011101001 101101101011001001 100100001001011101 1111010110011011101 01011011001101011 111011010001001001 01001111001101001 101011111001001111 111101011011001011 101110111111011111 01101001011101011 01101101101111001 01011101101101011 01100001011101011 111101101011001111 11011111011011111 110111110101101111 0111111011011101 11001101111111011 11111101001101111 101001110001101101 1010111011101011111 101001011001010001 111011111001111101 111011001011011101 11111001001111111 1010110010101011010 1110010110101001011 11001001011011011 1010010110011011111 11101001011101101 11011101011001001 1110011110111001001 101101111111100101 101001101001101001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 76 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, my, of, i, to, we, he, six, eight, nine, seven, how, and, ten, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, a, six are repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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