This is an analysis of the poem Rendez-Vous that begins with:

à J. Keck
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX X XXX bbXXX Xa XX XXXa XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,3,5,2,2,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1110011 11111 11110 110010 1111 11010 111010 10110 11001 011100 110110 101111 011111 111111 11101 01011 010111 11101 11111 111101 11111 11101 111110 111 101 1111110 1110101 111110 11100 11111 1011011 11111 11011 111111 100111 11111 111011 101011 11101 10111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, de, elle are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, de are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tombe is repeated).

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