This is an analysis of the poem Basile Renaud that begins with:
The summer sun bedecks Anjou,
The harvest time keeps promise true,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaAbbbA Xccdefed bbbAfffA ggXdXhhd iiiajjjA aaakkkkk dddAlllA mmmjjjjj dddAddXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011010 01011101 11111101 1001 011001101 01011111 11110011 1001 11110100 11010111 11100101 1111 011110010 11000101 100101010 010011 11010011 11110101 11110111 1001 11111101 11111111 11110111 1001 11101001 11110111 11011111 1101 10011100 10111111 01010101 111101 11100101 01011101 11110111 1001 11101101 10111111 1011111100 1001 11110111 11010101 110100101 0101 01011111 11101101 11111101 110001 11101111 11001101 11111111 1001 010010001 01010101 11010001 1001 11010011 11010101 11011011 1101 01110111 11010101 11100111 110101 110100101 11111111 10111111 1001 11110110 10110101 10000100 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; you, her, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, you are repeated.
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- summary of Basile Renaud;
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