This is an analysis of the poem Sur Mon Portrait Par Cappiello that begins with:

Cappiello, mon bon ami,
Ce portrait, dessiné trop vite,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXb XXXX XXcX XXXd XXXX XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX dXXX XXXX cXcX XcXa aXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101110 1101011 11110110 1101110 1010110 11111011111 1001010 101011110 111111110 111111011111 1100111101 110111 111111 1011111 11101111 101110 111111010 11110110 1110110 1101101 11111100 101111110 1111110 1111100010 1110110 11111000 1111111 11011110 101111111 11110100 101111 111110 1011010 11100100 11111 11111111 1011110 101111011 0111010 1110111 111111111 0100111 101011010 11111111 11111010 11110111 1010111 111111 010111010 11100010 1111111 1110111110 01011010 01111101 1100010 111111111 11111110 11111110 1101010 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; me, d, je, le are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Sur Mon Portrait Par Cappiello;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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