This is an analysis of the poem Si Tu Veux Sûrement En Cour Te Maintenir that begins with:

Si tu veux sûrement en cour te maintenir,
Le silence, Ronsard, te soit comme un décret....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXaX 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: 11110111100 0101011111 11110110110 01011011100 11111011110 10110011010 110110101101 011011111010 11011011100 11101111101000 1111101011010 1110111111110 110101101 1101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; son is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Si Tu Veux Sûrement En Cour Te Maintenir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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