This is an analysis of the poem Le Poète Contumace that begins with:

Sur la côte d’ARMOR. – Un ancien vieux couvent,
Les vents se croyaient là dans un moulin-à-vent,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXX cXXX XXXX XXXXaa dXXXXe ddXXXX XfXXbX XXXX XXgX XXXXXX XXhX XXXX aXbd XX XXiiXaXh eXXXXX XXXXXX XXbXXaXX eXXX XXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXX XXfg XXXXXj hhXXXXXXXX XXXX jXXcggXa ddXhXXXXXXX XXhX XXff hXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,6,6,6,6,4,4,6,4,4,4,2,8,6,6,8,4,17,4,6,10,4,8,11,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110110 111110111011 111011 11110111 11111111010 1101101 111010101101 111111 11101101010 1100101110010 11010110111 1111110100 10001100100 1101110110 1001101110 1110101111 1111010110 110011110011 101101011101 1111111011 111011111101 100110110011 11100111 0111101111 10110111111 1111011 1101011111110 1101010010110 11101100 01011011111 110100111100 111001111110110 10110011111 11010111101 1101111110 101101110 11011111011 11011111100 1011110 1100111 1001101 1100101 110101111011 11011010101 1111111110 11100110010 11101101111011 11101110111 011100 1001001111010 10101100110 11011 011110111110110 01111011111 1011011001 11111010110 1111111111 1011011101110 1001111111 1011111111 011110101111 10011111111 111110111 10010111010 1010111100 1101010110 1111011011 11110110 1111111111111 110111001 011111011101 111111110111 1111011110 111111111011 11111111011 1111010111 010110101100 111111111100 11110101111011 111111111110 111010100 1101001111 111101111 11101111011 1111111101100 11111000100100 101011111111 111111111111 1101110111 1111101111 1111111111 1110111 1100111 1111101010 111110101111 111111111100 1111101111111 1111110111101 111110111011 11011011011 11101011111 11010111110 111011101011 11101011011 001011111101 010010111111 11011111100 1111111110 11110100100 11100111100 1011110110 1111101111 10111111110 11101101100 100011110100 11110110011 111011001010 110010100110 11011011010 110101111101 110110111100 110110111100 110111110110 10110101011 111010100110 111111111 11101011111 11011101 101111110 101100100100 1111010011 1101111100 111011110 1110111100 111010110 11101001011000 1100011011000 110010 11111010 1111001110 111010110100 1111110111101 1110111100111 100110101110 11111001010 111110 101111 11111011111 1101101101111 1101111011 1110111111111 11101011111 1101111011 110010111011 11111111110 1110110 1110110 11100101 11111100110 10011011101 11111101101 11111101110 111111111110 1110001001 11111101100 111111011111 11110011111 1110100111110 11011111111 1111110 11011111 1101110110 111110111111 11100111111101 11111011011 0011110110011 11110110101 1111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 179
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le, de, l, d, ve, flot, il, lui, est, me, je, go, j, vre, un, nuits, la, c, toi, te, et, viens are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words pour, mes, le, dans, et, les, toi, viens are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines porte, ve, te, gants, vre, tre, e, re, feu are repeated).

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

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  • summary of Le Poète Contumace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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