This is an analysis of the poem Le Shah Et Ses Pucelles that begins with:

Oh ! dix pucelles ! il se vante,
Ou c’est un solide gaillard....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXa XXaX XbXb XXXc XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX dceX XXXX XXXX XXeX XXdb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001111 1111010 11011110 1111110 111011 1111111110 11101111 1111010 10110110 1111110 111111110 111101 0101111111 01110111 101011 100101100 111101100 11101011 111111100 1111101 111011010 11101110 1001110 11101011 10110100 10001010 1110111 01111010 11111010 110111111 111111 1111111 10111100 110111 1111111000 11111101 11001110 01110010 1011100 110110 110110 11111011 1111110110 11111010 11010 1111101011 110111 11111010 110111 111110 1111010 11011111 111101100 110110 1111100 110101111 101111 011111000 1011101 10110 110110 111111111 1101010111 10011001 11111101 010101 11010110 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; un, le, on, troisi, me, la are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Le Shah Et Ses Pucelles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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