This is an analysis of the poem Souffre Un Moment Encor that begins with:

Souffre un moment encor; tout n'est que changement;
L'axe tourne, mon coeur; souffre encore un moment....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXbccXXXXXXXX XbXaXXXcXXXXXXXXccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011111100 1111111110 11011111010 10111111101 1010101110 0110011110 1111111010 110011110 1101110101 11100111101 110111100 11110111110 11010011000 1111111110 10111110110 110111110010 11101111010 10111110011 1100101101110 01011110101 110101100100 0101010010 110010110010 10111110001 101110100 110011101101 11000111100 11001011101 1111111110 11110010100 1111111111010 11111110110 111011111111 1011011101 1101010110 111111100110 110101110011 11011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 892
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • 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; des, de, l are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words peu, c'est, l are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Souffre Un Moment Encor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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