This is an analysis of the poem Saint Tupetu De Tu-Pe-Tu that begins with:

Il est, dans la vieille Armorique,
Un saint – des saints le plus pointu ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXbXb XXcX dedX XXXX dbXXXaXX XXXX XeXX XaXX XbXcXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111100 11110110 10111010 1111100 110100001 111001 110111010 10011001 111011010 1111110 110111010 101010111 111110 11000100 101111 10111010 1110101 11110111 0111110 110110110 1101110 11101110 11110010 01001100 1001100 1100010 10111100 100010 11111101 11110111 101110 10010110 1111001 1001010 10000001 11100011 10111 01001001 1111110 111111 1111010 111101111 1111010 1101110 1001111 10101110 1100101 1100101 1110110 100101100 110101100 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, tu, pe, saint are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tu, soit, saint are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Saint Tupetu De Tu-Pe-Tu;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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