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

Allez, vieilles amours, chimères,
Caresses qui m'avez meurtri,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaX XbXX XXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 01011010 10101010 1000111 11011010 1101110 101001000 0110110 11111100 11111100 1111110 11110011 110111 111101 1011011 1111010 11111010 1111111100 01011010 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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