This is an analysis of the poem Tu Dis Que Du Bellay Tient Réputation that begins with:

Tu dis que Du Bellay tient réputation,
Et que de ses amis à ne tient plus de compte :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXa Xbb XaX
  • 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: 1110101100 110110111101 1111111011111 111110010 10001111111100 11111111110101 1011011111110 1111111011010 11111111100011 111100111111 111011111101 10101111110 1111101111011 1111101111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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, ne, comme, il, faut are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tre is repeated).

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