This is an analysis of the poem Temps Perdu that begins with:

I never may turn the loop of a road
Where sudden, ahead, the sea is Iying,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbX dede cfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101001 1100101010 1111101101 11101001110 1100101001 11001101001 1110101101 1111100100 1100111111 1011100111 11111101001 101001001001 01001011011 101011101010 011111111001 100100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, as are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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