This is an analysis of the poem Chanson De Provence that begins with:

Jean de Gonfaron, pris par des corsaires,
Dans les janissaires...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX bbXcXX XXXccX XXdXXd XXXXXX XXXXXX XXaXXa XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXcd XXXXXX cXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111100 111000 11010 1111110111 1110 1110 101001010 0110 111100 110010100100 1110 01110 101001110 00101 11010 111111111 111 1110 101111 1110 10001 11011100 0111 101001 1111011111 1111 11100 11101110 11100 11100 1111011101 1111 11110 1101111110 10110 1111 1011011010 011010 11010 1111001111 11001 110010 1100111101 11101 10110 111111110 1110 010110 110011100 111110 0111 11101111 101010 10111 1110001111 111111 111110 11111110110 1111 11101 101110110 01110 01110 1110111001 1110 1101 11010011001 1111111 1111 1110011101 1110010 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; l is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words qui, en, et, adieu are repeated.

    The author used the same words jean, et at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e is repeated).

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  • summary of Chanson De Provence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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