This is an analysis of the poem Gangrene that begins with:

Vous êtes sorti sain et sauf des basses
calomnies, vous avey conquis les coeurs. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX X bcbdcefX XXcgdhag ciaXXaXj edddicjj ijcjjcjX dddXikdk hhflealj ffddmcmd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010111110 1001101011 1010 1110010 0111001 1011 0001111 1111101 0011 11010101 11010110 01001110 111000 1111 10111001 01101010 1110 0100110 1011001 0101000 0101001 0100 0010100 01101010 1111 111101100 1100101 0011011 11010111 0001 0111011 1110001 1111 0111001 1010011 10101001 0101110 0011 0111110 10001100 0101 10101011 11010110 1010101 1110011 1111 0001010 0101001 0110 1111001 1011010 0101111 1010111 0111 110011 1111011 1101 1110011 0100100 1101101 1000101 10101 0101111 1010101 1010 11100101 0111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of Gangrene;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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