This is an analysis of the poem Sacrés Coteaux, Et Vous Saintes Ruines that begins with:

Sacrés coteaux, et vous saintes ruines,
Qui le seul nom de Rome retenez,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaX aXX
  • 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: 110111010 101101100 1100111100 1010011100 1101001100 10110111110 1111111100 10011100100 11101111101 1101011101 1011100010 101101010 110110111 110011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; temps is repeated.

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  • summary of Sacrés Coteaux, Et Vous Saintes Ruines;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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