This is an analysis of the poem La Divine Épopée/09 that begins with:

SÉMIDA.
(Assise sous un palmier du Paradis.)...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,1,20,1,10,8,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,8,1,7,1,5,1,10,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,4,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,2,21,12,34,1,8,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,3,1,4,1,4,1,3,1,8,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,8,1,3,1,2,1,1,5,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,1,1,7,1,2
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 264
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 1146
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, l, je, votre, d, ses, nous, que, de, leur, la, pas, les, s, une, elle, un, le, e, son, il, mais, du, mes, moi, t, ton, viens, me, tu, sa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, je, ni, oh, l, o, qu, pour, il, les, comme, pourquoi, qui, car, que, a, c, de are repeated.

    The author used the same words madeleine, s 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 e, es, ur, re, mes, lui, pas, pardonne, me, tonne, ves, rance, t are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words mida, el at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase pardonne connects the lines.

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