This is an analysis of the poem Heureux Qui, Comme Ulysse, A Fait Un Beau Voyage that begins with:

Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage,
Ou comme cestuy-là qui conquit la toison,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX abbX XXb bXb
  • 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: 101110011110 11101110110 110110110110 11011001011 1100111011010 1011011110 100110101110 11110110100 1110110111 11011001100 1101111101 1111010110 11101101100 111110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; le, plus, que are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Heureux Qui, Comme Ulysse, A Fait Un Beau Voyage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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