This is an analysis of the poem Encore Que L'On Eût Heureusement Compris that begins with:

Encore que l'on eût heureusement compris
Et la doctrine grecque et la romaine ensemble,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaXX bbX cca
  • 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: 11111100010 111011101010 10111001001111 111011111110 11101001101 1110101000010 111110110011 1101110111110 111111101101 01100111101 10100101110 1111101111 010111101 1111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; plus, le are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e is repeated).

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

  • summary of Encore Que L'On Eût Heureusement Compris;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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