This is an analysis of the poem Légende Non Dorée that begins with:

Vincent était un saint abbé,
De mille vertus imbibé ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXX XXaXXX bXXXXX XXXaXX aXXcXd eeXaXX XeXXXX XcXXXX XXXdXX eXXXcX XaXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 011010 10111 111101101 1001110 110011 11101110 1100111 1110 101110111 11001101 111 111000 1101011 0111110 1110101110 11101100 01101 110100 11110110 110011 1111011 11100110 10010 11101110 10011110 10100 1101010 11110110 111111 111011100 1110111 100110 11001110 111111010 1101000 11011 1001011 01100 11100110 11111111 11111 10011010 11011011 110100 11111010 10110010 1110110 1011011 01110111 11011 1001111 10111100 1011011 11011010 110110 101101 11101100 101110 1011111 1101111 10101101 11011 1111100 11110010 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; il is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word il at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Légende Non Dorée;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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