This is an analysis of the poem Cette Grandeur Des Rois, Qui Nous Semble Un Colosse… [i À X] that begins with:
Cette grandeur des Rois, qui nous semble un Colosse,
N’est qu’ombre, poudre et vent. L’unique honneur des Rois,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa X XbXb X XcXc X XXXX d XeXe d XXdX X XXXX X XdXX X XXdX a XXXX
- 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: 10111111110 11111101011 1101110110 1111001010110 1 101101100101 1101011101 1011111111111 1011010011101 1 11111110101 111111111 1100110110111 111110011011 1 011111111011 1111111110010 111001111011 1110010110010 1 10111110011 1011010110 11001111011 11011010110 1 110111111011 110110101110 11101111111 1101100110110 1 110111110110 00111111011 01111111111 101010101010 1 11111001110 100111011101 10111110110 111100111101 1 11101111001 1101111111 1111101110011 11111011110 1 1110111110 1001111111010 11010111101 110111110100
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- 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: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les, de, tre, on, un, l, la are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, le are repeated.
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More information about poems by Pierre Matthieu
- Analysis of L'Empire D'Assyrie Est Tout Réduit En Cendre… [xxxi À Xl]
- Analysis of Cette Reine Qui N'Eût Qu'Un Château Pour Retraite… [xli À L]
- Analysis of La Vie Par L'Effet S'Estime, Et Non Par L'Âge… [lxi À Lxx]
