This is an analysis of the poem Aix In Provence that begins with:

Christ God who savest man, save most
Of men Count Gismond who saved me!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcc X dedebb X fefeaa X gagaee b hahaii b jkjkgg X aiaiee X aaaagg X kekeXb f aaaabX b lhlhmm X nanaee X acacee X eaeaee X aiaiXg X eaealX X acacee X aeaeaa X hahamm X eoeoff X okokXbXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 01110111 110011101 11111100 01011111 11010101 1 11001111 11011111 11000101 11110111 11010101 01110101 1 11111011 01011111 11111111 01011101 11011111 01110111 1 11110101 11000111 11000111 111101111 11000101 01011011 1 11111111 11111101 01101101 01110101 11011101 11010101 1 11110101 01011111 11111111 10010001 11000111 10010111 1 11111111 11010101 01110101 11111101 01110111 11110011 1 110101101 01111101 11111101 01011111 11101101 11110011 1 11010101 00111101 11110111 11001101 110011101 11111111 1 11010101 01010101 11010111 11110101 01110001 11011111 1 11110111 11010101 11010001 110101101 11010101 11011101 1 11110111 11111101 01011111 11111111 01010111 01001101 1 110100001 11011101 01110111 01110111 11110111 11111101 1 01111101 010010110 01010011 11010001 11111111 11011110 1 01111111 01001101 10010101 010111001 11111110 11010101 1 110010101 11011011 11010101 10111111 101110101 10110111 1 11111011 11111111 01010111 01101101 11111111 01111111 1 11010011 11111111 11011011 110010001 110111101 01110101 1 10110111 01011111 01111111 01010001 11010101 111111001 1 11010101 11110101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11010111 1 11011101 11110101 11110101 11111101 11110010 11010111 1010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 147
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, his, and are repeated.

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

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