This is an analysis of the poem Ne Lira-T-On Jamais Que Ce Dieu Rigoureux that begins with:

Ne lira-t-on jamais que ce dieu rigoureux ?
Jamais ne lira-t-on que cette Idalienne ?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX 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: 11101110111100 1011101111100 1110111011110 10111011110100 100111011100 111001111 100111010111 10101011010 110100011011 1001001110 1101111110 10011101110 1011110101010 10111101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ne, t, on, jamais, que, toujours, il are repeated.

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

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