This is an analysis of the poem Count Gismond--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: abaXccdedebb fefeaa gagaee hahaii jkjkgg aiaiee aaaagg kekeXb aaaabX lhlhmm nanaee acacee eaeaee aiaiXg eaealX acacee aeaeaa hahamm eoeoff okokXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 01110111 110011101 11111100 01011111 110110101 11001111 11011111 11000101 11110111 11010101 01110101 11111011 010111111 11111111 01011101 11011111 01110111 11110101 11000111 11000111 111101111 11000101 01011011 11111111 11111101 01101101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11110101 01011111 11111111 10010001 11000111 10010111 11111111 11010101 01110101 11111101 01110111 11110011 110101101 01111101 111111101 010111101 11101101 11110011 11010101 00111101 11110111 11001101 11001110100 111101111 101010101 100010101 101010111 101110101 101110001 1010111110 11110111 11010101 11010001 110101101 11010101 11011101 11110111 11111101 01011111 11111111 01010111 01001101 110100001 11011101 01110111 01110111 11110111 11111101 01111101 011010110 01010011 11010001 11111111 11011110 01111111 01001101 10010101 010111001 11111110 11010101 110010101 11011011 11010101 10111111 101110101 10110111 11111011 111011111 101010111 101101101 10111101011 101110111 11010011 11111111 11011011 110110001 110111101 01110101 10110111 01011111 01111111 01010001 11010101 111111001 11010101 11110101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11011101 11110101 11110101 11111101 11110010 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 130
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; he, i, his, and are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word say at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase did connects the lines.

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