This is an analysis of the poem Semper Eadem (Ever The Same) that begins with:
«D'où vous vient, disiez-vous, cette tristesse étrange,
Montant comme la mer sur le roc noir et nu?»...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXa XbX XXX c dXef gXgf fhi jci X X aXja keek eef bbf f X eXeh fjfj bbi lil b X mXmf iaia bbc iic Xd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111011101 10111101111 11010111110 1011111100110 1101101110 11111011 101010110 1111111101 1011001101 111100111111 11111011110 111111100110 10111111111 1100101011 1001 110111010010 110101101011 111110010010 1001101010101 010101100 11000111110 101011010010 11110101 010100100101 1001111111 1111000101 111101100110 100111100011 110100110110 010110100 1010 10111011101 1101111111 1101110101 0101110111 110010011001 1111010101 11001110101 1111110101 11001111010 11010101010 1111110101 1111110101 1110010101 1011011101 0101110 1010 100111111011 101101110101 110111010101 111011000101 0111010010011 111101100111 110101110111 100111011101 1101010011111 100111011111 1101001111101 110101010111 011001001101 100110110101 01011011001 1010 1111010111 1101010111 1111111101 1011010101 1101011101 0111110111 11111101001 1111010101 0101011111 0101011101 11110100101 1101000101 1111110111 11010111001 0101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; et, your, let, with, in, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Semper Eadem (Ever The Same);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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