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

Whate'er thou dost thou'rt dear.
Uncertain troubles sanctify... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacaadaaebedaXacacfXfggeegXcagXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111 01010100 11010100101 11 1101 0101000101 11010101 11001 1101 1111110101 0001010100 1111 110101 1101010101 1010 1111010101 110111 110011 111101 01011 0111011111 0101111011 1111010101 111001 011111 1111 110011001 1111011101 1111 1101000101 11011111 1110 1111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1009
  • Average number of words per stanza: 178
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; thy is repeated.

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

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