This is an analysis of the poem Sire, Celui Qui Est A Formé Toute Essence that begins with:

Sire, celui qui est a formé toute essence
De ce qui n'était rien. C'est l'oeuvre du Seigneur :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXba XXc Xbc
  • 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: 101010101110 0111111010 1011011110 111101110 111001111100 111111101011 0101110101 111111110101 1111111111111 1011110101001 1011010110101 10001111110 111111110011 1011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Sire, Celui Qui Est A Formé Toute Essence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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