This is an analysis of the poem De Quelque Autre Sujet Que J'Écrive, Jodelle, that begins with:

De quelque autre sujet que j'écrive, Jodelle,
Je sens mon coeur transi d'une morne froideur, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaX 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: 011101110 11111101110 111111110110 1101001110 1001111100101 1010101111111 111101110110 110111111 1111111111110 1111110111110 01000111111 111010111111 01011010011 111110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • 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; et is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word tre at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of De Quelque Autre Sujet Que J'Écrive, Jodelle,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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