This is an analysis of the poem Moesta Et Errabunda (Grieving And Wandering) that begins with:

Dis-moi ton coeur parfois s'envole-t-il, Agathe,
Loin du noir océan de l'immonde cité...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XaXXX XXXbX c DeaeD FghgF iadXi JkliJ AaabA AdajA X X KkkeK MjXjM aaaaX JhjhJ LalaL acjca f X KbkbK AcaXA jajaj LiliL BabaB AbabA b X IkieI GkgeG IaiaI AkaXA AbabA JmjmJ Xj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111110101110 101100101 1111011101 11101011100 111110101110 1111110110 110111110 10001011110 011001010 1111110110 10110111 111011011011 011111001110 1111011110 10110111 111101010 1111101110011 11111101111 11110101111 111101010 1010101101000 110110110101 11010101100 101101011110 1010101101000 100010101010 011111111111 110100101110 11001111101 100010101010 101100 1111101101100 100110001010 010101011010 1101100100 1111101101100 010101011111 110010111010 1010000101 00011001010 010101011111 110110101110 110110101011 0011010110100 1101001010 110110101110 110111101101 110111110111 1111101001 1010101010 110111101101 1011010111 010010010001 00011000101 10100010101 1011010111 110101101010 0010111100110 111010101 110001001001 110101101010 010110100 1011000 1001111111 1001011101 0101111101 1111110100 1001111111 01010101111 1101010101 010010101100 1101110101 01010101111 1111110101 1111010101 1100111111 1010010111 11111101010 1100101101 1101110101 1111010101 1101100011 1100101101 1011010101 0101110101 0101000101 1101111101 1011010101 1001010101 00111100111 1001010101 1101010101 1111010101 0101110 1011000 10011111001101 100111000101 0111101000111 101101011101 10011111001101 01001011111010 111001001111 1101000110001 011101001100 01001011111010 101111011101 1111001010011 001110110011 101001010101 101111011101 111101110101 111101001101 110111010011 100101110001 111101110101 1011010101110 0101010010001 01110111101010 010101010101 1011010101110 111111001101 0001010111101 1101110110001 111101111111 111111001101 0101110 1011000 1100110101 1101011101 0111010101 1111011100 1100110101 0111001100 1101010101 1011110110 1101011100 0111001100 1101111101 01010100101 1001011101 1101010111 1101111101 1101110101 1101011111 1111110011 1101010111 1101110101 10110011001 1101000101 01011101001 11010100001 10110011001 11001100111 0011010101 1111011101 11110011101 11001100111 0101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 162
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mer, la, de, des, o, les, sea, from, it, and, of, where, afar, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, les, where, the, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Moesta Et Errabunda (Grieving And Wandering);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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