This is an analysis of the poem Quan L'Herba Fresqu'El.H Folha that begins with:

Can l'erba fresch'e.lh folha par
e la flors boton'el verjan...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabacdX aXXbXXdX XXXbXcdd XXXbXXXd XbXbXXXX dX X c X XXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,2,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110010 11001011 10111111 11010111011 1101101010 11011001111 1111111011 11101111 11111110 10111010 11111111 1011111110 1111110110 1111111011 1111110010 111100100 11001010 1111101 11111001 101111110110 1111111010 1100110111 1111110011 01101010 1101110 11011110 111110110 1110110010 1111110110 1010110100 1111101011 1111110100 11011101 111010 1111011 111011100 111011110 1101110110 10101110010 1001111101 11101101010 1011010101011010110111010011110011010110100100100101011110101101101011111110010111011 11111110110111111111001111100011110101110101111011110110100101111110110100101010111111100 01110111101100101111100101010111010111111101110101111101101010110011111010100100 111010011010100111111011001111111111100011101011100111101111001101110010101101000110100100001 011100101101111010110110111110101011110011111101010000001110101010111101110011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, de, joi, no, la, lh, que, and, her, i, when, to, in, my, on, of, so, she, all are repeated.

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

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

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