This is an analysis of the poem Ce N'Est Pas Sans Propos Qu'En Vous Le Ciel A Mis that begins with:

Ce n'est pas sans propos qu'en vous le ciel a mis
Tant de beautés d'esprit et de beautés de face,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX aXaX XXX XXX
  • 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: 1111101010101 1011010101 10101010011 1111101011110 111110111010 110010010010 11110111101 11111111010 110111111100 10111101 10011111001 1101111111 11101101110 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, et, par are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words ce, ils 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 e is repeated).

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  • summary of Ce N'Est Pas Sans Propos Qu'En Vous Le Ciel A Mis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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