This is an analysis of the poem Hélas! Les Temps Sont Loin... that begins with:
Hélas ! les temps sont loin des phlox incarnadins
Et des roses d'orgeuil illuminant ses portes,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111000 1110101000110 11111111100 1111101111010 1110111111 1111111111 1010101001 111011110010 1111111111 1100111010110 1101010110 11001111011 11001011100110 11010111111 11011111110 110011110011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sa, et, la are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.
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