This is an analysis of the poem Ode Tirée Du Psaume Cxlv that begins with:

FAIBLESSE DES HOMMES,
GRANDEUR DE DIEU...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XXXXXX XbXXXX ccXdXd XXXaXX XXXXXX XcXXXX XXbXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 0101 111010 1011010 1010011010 011111110 10011110 11001110110 1001110 111001101 11101111101 1110011 11010010 111001111011 1110001 111011 111000110100 11011111 11011010 1000100111111 11111010 10110010 11001011111 11101111 100111 1111111100 1010110 11111 10111101110 1111 110111 01111010 10101110 10101110 11110110011 1011110 1111110 1110110100110 1111010 111010 1100110101101 0111101 111101 110111011 11111111 110111100 1010100101100 1011100 1101110100 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • 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; il, nos, gne, r are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words comme, dieu, c'est, il are repeated.

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  • summary of Ode Tirée Du Psaume Cxlv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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