This is an analysis of the poem L'Irreparable that begins with:
Ah, can we stifle the old, the long remorse,
Who lives and moves full tortuously,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaba cdXdc EXXcE fgfgf ChchC ibibi HjhjH KjkXK LaXLXjcjcj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110010101 11111100 110111010101 01010101 1111010010001 11110011101 01110100 100101010100 11011100 11110011101 101100010111 01010100 110101010110 11010111 101100010111 010101110001 11110101 010101010111 01110011 010101110001 1101000101010 11010001 1001110101110 1111100 1101000101010 111111010101 01100111 010111110101 01001101 01011110101 110111000100 11110101 110111010101 00010111 110111000100 0010001011001 10111100 110101010101 010100100 0010001011001 1110101010100 01010100 0101011010 1110101010100 010101011111 10110101 111110000101 01010001 111101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, the are repeated.
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