This is an analysis of the poem Tout Ce Qu'Egypte En Pointe Façonna that begins with:

Tout ce qu'Egypte en pointe façonna,
Tout ce que Grèce à la corinthienne,...

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: 111001110 11111100 01010110 110011010 111101010 111011110 10101110 11010111110 1110110010 1110110010 11100110011 1111011010 110110001 1110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; ce, la, tout, eut, onques, de are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Tout Ce Qu'Egypte En Pointe Façonna;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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