This is an analysis of the poem Quel Est Celui Qui Veut Faire Croire De Soi that begins with:

Quel est celui qui veut faire croire de soi
Qu'il est fidèle ami, mais quand le temps se change,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX bXaX XXX bXX
  • 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: 10110111101 10011101101111 011111000111 10101110101 1011011101001 10111111111 1110111101101 0110111111101 1110110111111 10110110111 110101110110 11111111110111 11110110011 11010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le, de are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase lestrange connects the lines.

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  • summary of Quel Est Celui Qui Veut Faire Croire De Soi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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