This is an analysis of the poem Avec Mes Vieilles Mains... that begins with:

Avec mes vieilles mains de ton front rapprochées
J'écarte tes cheveux et je baise, ce soir, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101011100 1110111111 10111011011 110011111101 1111011101 1110111100011 11111110110 101001100110 11111111011 10111101010 101011111111 101110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tes, de are repeated.

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  • summary of Avec Mes Vieilles Mains...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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