This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Avec La Manière De S'En Servir that begins with:

Vers filés à la main et d’un pied uniforme,
Emboîtant bien le pas, par quatre en peloton ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111111100 100101111100 1101111110 01101011001 101101011111 1101111111 111110100 110111111110 1111111 101110110 11110011100 111111110111 1101111011 1110010 10110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; la, sonnet are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word chaque is repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnet Avec La Manière De S'En Servir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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