This is an analysis of the poem Il N'Y A Point De Mort Soudaine À L'Homme Sage… [li À Lx] that begins with:

Il n’y a point de mort soudaine à l’homme sage,
De tous les accidents son cœur va au devant :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb X XbXb X cXXX X XXXX X XXXX X XdXd X XXXX X XXXX X Xeae X XXcX
  • 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: 1101011011 011100111110 11101111010 11010111101 1 111111111111 101101111111 111111111110 10110111111 1 110101101110 11101101100 111101110010 1110111101110 1 10011110110 1111001111010 11111011011 0111101110 1 101011110001 1101111111 111110111110 1101111111 1 11011111 11111101111 1100101111 11111110111 1 1010110111001 1111011011 11011011111 1111101111100 1 111001011100 10100010100 1110111111100 110111111010 1 110010111011 111010110110 11101010110 110100111110 1 10110101101 111110111011 110111101110 11011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; il, de, en, le, l, les, peu, une, tu, te are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Il N'Y A Point De Mort Soudaine À L'Homme Sage… [li À Lx];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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