This is an analysis of the poem Les Lauriers Sont Coupée that begins with:

Ah, love, within the shadow of the wood
The laurels are cut down; some other brows ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cbXcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011001 0101111101 1101011101 11010100010 1111010111 1001010101 0101001101 1101010111 1111011111 10110111110 1111110100 1001010001 1001010111 1001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sweeter is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Les Lauriers Sont Coupée;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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