This is an analysis of the poem Amour Honestus that begins with:

The nights were long and cold and bittersweet,
And he made a song for the hell of it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111101 1110110100 11101001001 10101010100 11010100101 1110110100 1101101101 10001110100 1111101101 1100110100 10000101010 1101110100 0101010010 1100110100 10010011101 1111010100 100100100101 1111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, it are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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