This is an analysis of the poem Dompna Pois De Me No'Us Cal that begins with:

FROM THE PROVENCAL OF EN BERTRANS DE BORN
Lady, since you care nothing for me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeffdgg cgggbcdgee XXhihjhgdd kggkXXfgg XgjgXXkkedd XeahggXjkk gciXXffggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,10,9,11,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100011001 101111011 1111110101 1000 11110110 1100 10100110 1111011110 01001110 01010111111 1111011101 1111110101 101111011 110101 1011 0010111 1011100111 1011010 1001011 01101110 11011110 11001101110 1011111 110 011111 1101011 11111011 101 1101010010 011110 111011010 1100010011 111111 011101 11111 0100 11011010 101101010110 110111101 1101110 0101100 110011 111 110111 1100 0110101 111101 1010101 01110 1011011 0111101 0110010100 11101100 110101 11011100 0101 011001 110110 01101 110101 1111001 1110111 11101 11111101 010 1111111 11110 10111010 101111 1101111 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, so, nor, your, of, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.

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