This is an analysis of the poem Si La Vertu, Qui Est De Nature Immortelle that begins with:

Si la vertu, qui est de nature immortelle,
Comme immortelles sont les semences des cieux,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX 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: 1110101010100 110001110011 101110111011 111111001 111100110001 111001011110 1110111110 1001111111 1110110110 01110110101 110110111010 11101011100 11111001010 1111101111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • 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; nos, si are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Si La Vertu, Qui Est De Nature Immortelle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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