This is an analysis of the poem Ô Beaux Cheveux D'Argent Mignonnement Retors ! that begins with:

Ô beaux cheveux d'argent mignonnement retors !
Ô front crêpe et serein ! et vous, face dorée !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX XXba XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010100010 111101111 110101110 11110100111 11111 11011111100 110011110 11111101111 110111110 11011110 1111111110010 1101011001 1001100101 1111011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; et is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e is repeated).

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  • summary of Ô Beaux Cheveux D'Argent Mignonnement Retors !;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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