This is an analysis of the poem Galanterie Hollandaise that begins with:

Ils vinrent donc — dit la Gazette
Quand la Reine les eut quittés,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXc XXXX XaXd XdXc XXXc XXXX XXXX XXXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 111111 10110010 1101001 101111 1100110 11011 10011 111100 10111000 11011110 11011101 1111110 101100 111001000 1111100 11011100 1100101 1110101 11101101 11001110 1101100 111111100 11111110 11011001 1011010 1011111 11100110 10110001 111011111 10110110 11110110 11001 10111110 1110110110 110011 1011101 100111110 011101110 10110101 11111010 1011100 110111 1101110 1001101 1111101 0101110 11011001 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ses, il, un, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nos is repeated.

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  • summary of Galanterie Hollandaise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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