This is an analysis of the poem Gretchen La Pâle that begins with:

Elle est de la beauté des profils de Rubens
Dont la majesté calme à la sienne s'incline....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXXX 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: 101011110010 111011110 11001101100 110010101110 110111100101 1011110100 1110101100 1011010010 1011011101 110100101111 111011010 11111011111 11001111 101011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • 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, la are repeated.

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  • summary of Gretchen La Pâle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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