This is an analysis of the poem Non Dolet! that begins with:

Age after age the fruit of knowledge falls
To ashes on men’s lips;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabdd ceeXdc fgghfff ifihf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101010101 010111 1111010101 11011110101 0111 1101110101 1111111111 11001010101 111101 1101111101 110110 001101 1011011101 010111 1101011001 0100111 1010101 111101 100101 110101 0111010101 1111 010001 1101010101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Non Dolet!;
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