This is an analysis of the poem Pour Que Rien De Nous Deux N'Échappe À Notre Étreinte that begins with:

Pour que rien de nous deux n'échappe à notre étreinte,
Si profonde qu'elle en est sainte...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa XXXX bbXX 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: 1110111101 110101011 1110011111011 1100010110011 11111011100 11111110 111111110 101101100 1110110 10111110 111011100 11001110 11011101 1101111100 1111110111 10011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, la, nuit are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, la are repeated.

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  • summary of Pour Que Rien De Nous Deux N'Échappe À Notre Étreinte;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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