This is an analysis of the poem O Ma Belle Rebelle! that begins with:

O ma belle rebelle!
Las! que tu m'es cruelle, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbbXXXXXc XXXcXdXXXXXX XeXcXXXXaXXX B BFabdghaXegX BFhgigXaBFaf ffefbfXiXihe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,1,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 1111111 111110 100110 11101 10001 111011 10010 111101 11011 110010 110111 11110 1111111 111010 11101 1111110 0111 110000 110100 11110 1111111 111010 1111100 1111111 100110 110110 111011 111100 111100 111100 011100 101110 110100 111010 110100 11110 11110 1101101 111110 00101 11001 1011 1001011 1011 100101 110010 1111 001001 11110 1101101 101 10111 011011 011 0111 0111 11110 1101101 101101 101011 011111 0111001 0101101010 101111 1111 0101 111100 100101 11101 111 101001 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; tout is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word o 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 rebel is repeated).

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  • summary of O Ma Belle Rebelle!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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