This is an analysis of the poem Nous Ne Faisons La Cour Aux Filles De Mémoire, that begins with:

Nous ne faisons la cour aux filles de Mémoire,
Comme vous qui vivez libres de passion :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXaX XXb XXb
  • 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: 111101111001 1111010010 1111101101010 111110111010 11100111100 1011101100 1110111110 011000100011 11110110110 11110010010 10011110101 1110011101111 111101110011 11100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vous, en, de are repeated.

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  • summary of Nous Ne Faisons La Cour Aux Filles De Mémoire,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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