This is an analysis of the poem Adele that begins with:

Adele ! a name that kindled in the breast
Of France's first-born of the fairest Muse ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbababaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101110001 0101100101 0101010101 1101011001 1111010101 0111011101 1111110101 1110011101 01110111110 0101110011 01010111010 1001010111 01111101110 01111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Adele;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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