This is an analysis of the poem Qu'Heureux Tu Es, Baïf, Heureux, Et Plus Qu'Heureux that begins with:

Qu'heureux tu es, Baïf, heureux, et plus qu'heureux,
De ne suivre abusé cette aveugle déesse,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aab XXb
  • 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: 1001111011100 0111101101 111100111111 111011111100 110111100 011011110 111011010 111011100100 11100111011 11101001110 10110111111101 101110001111 0101001101 11001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; et, nous are repeated.

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

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