This is an analysis of the poem Jeanne Bras that begins with:
A BALLAD OF SORROW
'Jeanne Bras! Jeanne Bras! arise and let me in;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXaXbXbXcXcXdXdXeXeXdXdX eXeXfXfXdXdXgXgXgXgX aaaaeeeXdddd hghgbXbXededgegeiXiXadadjhjhbgbg ehehkXkdldldXeded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,24,20,12,32,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010010 1111011110 111101100 111111110101 111110001 100111010101 110000101 11011111101 1110101110 11111010101 100011001 11111110101 11110001 11010011101 11110011 1111110101 11011101 1111011111 111001010 1111010101 010110010 1110011101 11101011 1110110001 11001001 1011011101 101001101 1110111101 1110101110 11010010111 11111111 1111111101 11110101 110110010011 10111010 111011010111 11101001 1101111101 100110011 1111111000 11110101 1101110101 1000101011 10011010111 101010111 1111111001 11101101 01111001101 101111001 01111101111 101101101 11101001001 11011010 1111110111 10111101 111111110011 101101101 111111111111 10100111 111011111111 11001111 1111011111 111101100 11110111101 111010010 11011110101 101101101 11011110001 11001111 1111110111 10110101 11001011111 01101101 1111110101 111110011 1111110111 111100011 1111110101 11100111 101001010111 11001111 1111110101 11101111 111011010111 101111001 1111111011 1100111 111001011011 01001000 1100111001 01111011 11011001011 101001001 01111001001 1011111100 11101101101 111001011 1011111000 101111011 101101001001 111111101 010111011001 11001001 11001011011 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
- Average number of words per stanza: 130
- Amount of lines: 105
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; bras, jeanne, i, with, her, you, to, she, their, all, they, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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