This is an analysis of the poem Cependant Que Magny Suit Son Grand Avanson that begins with:

Cependant que Magny suit son grand Avanson
Pa,jas son Cardinal, et moy le mien encore,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXaX 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: 100110111100 101100110111 111010111110 1011011100 110011111101 101010111010 110010110110 10111101110 11111110110011 10110010110 101011110110 111100111110 1001110111 111110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; tu, nous are repeated.

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