This is an analysis of the poem Que Diras-Tu Ce Soir, Pauvre Âme Solitaire (What Will You Say Tonight, Poor Solitary Soul) that begins with:

Que diras-tu ce soir, pauvre âme solitaire,
Que diras-tu, mon coeur, coeur autrefois flétri,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX bbX XcX d dbec fXfg bbX bhX X e eiei ffff ggf jjX d g abab fgfg hke eeX Xk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011111101 11011111001 111111111 100110110100 110101010110 111111001100 111000010110 1111111001 111111111101 111111111101 111111110 1011111111110 111001110101 111110111110 101101110101 101101110101 10111111110 001010010010 1011100011 11111010010 101010101010 0100011010010 111101111101 000010010101 100101010101 010001101011 010111111101 111101111010 11110010111100 010110100 1111110101 1111110101 11111101110 00110100101 01111101010 1111010101 1001010001 0101010101 0101100101 0001011101 1001010101 0101010111 0111001101 1111011111 01010010101 0101110 111101 111101111101 111111111111 001100110011 110101111111 111111010101 110000010101 110001110101 010101100101 100101110100 101101010100 010101010111 011001010001 110111010101 1111010101010 01011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, s, tr, dans, et, you, her, what, say, most, to, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words que, what, her, whether are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines soul, mine are repeated).

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