This is an analysis of the poem Tant Ai Mo Cor that begins with:

Tant ai mo cor ple de joya,
tot me desnatura....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX X X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,5,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 111000 1101010 111100 11111110 111000 11111110 111100 111110 011010 11011101 111100 10111000 111100 11001000 011010 11111000 111010 110110110 1010100 111010 110110 1110110 111010 11110000 11010 10011100 111110 11111000 11111100 10111010 10100 111010 011100 1101010 110110 1110010 110011 1111100 101001010 1101110 110110111010111011011010101011010011011010111110101111101111101111111010111101011100 110101110101111110110011110111011011101010010111101111111010011001001101110111111101011001 11011101010111101010110100111011111110011001111111111110111101011010111001 101100110100101111010111111101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; and, my, i, so, for, have, much, love, like, that are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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