This is an analysis of the poem Quiconque Fit D'Amour La Pourtraiture that begins with:

Quiconque fit d'Amour la pourtraiture,
De cet Enfant le patron ou prit il, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXa bba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101101100 0111010111 1111110110 111011110 1110100110 0100111100 1011011010 110011010 110111110 11011111010 111111110 011001101 1110110101 0110010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; tel, tu are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tel is repeated.

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