This is an analysis of the poem Si Nos Coeurs Ont Brûlé En Des Jours Exaltants that begins with:

Si nos coeurs ont brûlé en des jours exaltants
D'une amour claire autant que haute,...

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: 11111111100 11011011 11011111100 110010110 1111101110 1110110 110111011 11110101 110110010110 11101010 101110111010 111110 111101110100 1110101110 10111100101 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Si Nos Coeurs Ont Brûlé En Des Jours Exaltants;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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