This is an analysis of the poem Tu Dois Ton Âme Au Ciel, Ne Fais Pas Qu'Il Te L'Ôte… [xi À Xx] that begins with:

Tu dois ton âme au Ciel, ne fais pas qu’il te l’ôte,
Par force, le Chrétien la rend de son bon gré :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX X XXXX X XXXX X XXXa X XXXX X XXXX X XaXX X XXXX X XXXX X 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: 1111111111111 1101110111 11101011111 111110101001 1 1110110011111 11101111110 1101100111011 1111111111 1 110111111011 11001111111 111110110111 11101011111 1 111111111111 1111011100 1111010110 1101110010 1 1111101010101 11011110001 11111111111 110111110110 1 01101011101111 1110011110 1011010011010 111001111010 1 101101101110 11011001011 1011111110010 11100110010 1 11001111111100 11110110110 11010110110 111111101110 1 11111110111 11111101111010 111100101001 110111111110 1 01110011110 00111110110 101110110110 11011101101
  • 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; l, te, la, de, est, et, le, moins are repeated.

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

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