This is an analysis of the poem Ce Bigot Qui Ses Vœux Sur Son Mérite Fonde… [lxxxi À Xc] that begins with:

Ce bigot qui ses vœux sur son mérite fonde,
Dont le cœur va partout, et n’a l’œil qu’en un lieu,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX X XXXb X aXXX X XXXX X XXXX X XXXb X XXXb X XXXX X bXbX X XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111111 101110111111 101001011101 11010111101 1 110110110111 01110100110 111101011110 11011110111 1 1011111111 11111011011 111111110011 11011011010 1 011110011100 011111111010 1101101001100 110110111010 1 1111010011111 011110111100 11011101111 11110111010 1 0110111011 0011011110 10001001001 11110111011 1 110111101100 11001111011 0110111110100 110101101111 1 110111011110 1101001101110 110101110110 100101111110 1 110110111011 11011001100 111010110111 110001111 1 11011010110 11110011110 10111111101 01111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; n, l, le, au, les, de, on, sans, t are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ce Bigot Qui Ses Vœux Sur Son Mérite Fonde… [lxxxi À Xc];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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