This is an analysis of the poem Trouvée that begins with:
Oh, why should a hen
have been run over...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb adef Xeab dXcX gacaXcfgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 10110 1111 0010010 11011 111101 10111 11110 01101 11001 11011 11110 0101 111010 11101 11111 11111 0101 11010 1001 10001 11010 1001 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.
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- summary of Trouvée;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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