This is an analysis of the poem Plus Qu'Aux Bords Aetëans Le Brave Fils D'Eson that begins with:

Plus qu'aux bords Aetëans le brave fils d'Eson,
Qui par enchantement conquit la riche laine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX aXXa 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: 11011001110 11100010111 111110100011 100010110110 111111110 110101111001 0110011110 01000111110 11100011111011 10111011 1100101111 111001111010 100010111001 11001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; la is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Plus Qu'Aux Bords Aetëans Le Brave Fils D'Eson;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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