This is an analysis of the poem Les Baisers Morts Des Défuntes Années that begins with:

Les baisers morts des défuntes années
Ont mis leur sceau sur ton visage, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 11111110 1101111001 1110101111110 111111111111 1111001 11001110011 101001110110 1111100110 111011100 1001101111 110001111110 1111111 111100110 11110101 1111111101101 111111111 101111111 111101110 1101011000110 11011111011 110011101100 11111111 111001010101 1110101110 1110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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.

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  • summary of Les Baisers Morts Des Défuntes Années;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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