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

Quand sur vos cheveux blonds, et fauves au soleil,
Vous mettez des rubans de velours noir, méchante,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111101110101 11011001011 1111110100110 1110110010 1011111010 011101100 111111111 01100110111 1110011111110 11110110010 010110111 10111011111 1111110111011 1011111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; de, vous are repeated.

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

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