This is an analysis of the poem Fontaine, Je Ne Boirai Pas De Ton Eau! that begins with:

I know I might have lived in such a way
As to have suffered only pain:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaXdXbcb eebXfXXef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110101 10110101 101111 1101010 10011101111001 011100 10111100111010 11110110101100 1 0111111101 100001001 10001110110011001 101100111 10111000101001110 10 110100101 0100011000100010 10 0111111101101 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 416
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Fontaine, Je Ne Boirai Pas De Ton Eau!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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