This is an analysis of the poem Ceux Qui Sont Amoureux, Leurs Amours Chanteront, that begins with:

Ceux qui sont amoureux, leurs amours chanteront,
Ceux qui aiment l'honneur, chanteront de la gloire,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX 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: 111100110100 111010100011 111101100101 111100110100 111011110010 111101111101 111001100001 11101001010 1111011101 11111101111 111110100110 111110110011 111010101111 1111001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; ceux, qui, sont, de are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ceux at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Ceux Qui Sont Amoureux, Leurs Amours Chanteront,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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