This is an analysis of the poem Langue D'Oc that begins with:

Alba
When the nightingale to his mate...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaabbbcdaaad ce aaaaFgXgFXaaFhhhFfffFffffhiiiXXX Xj aadaj aadaj aafaaX ccXgii XbkkbbX XX bXXg ae aakkaa aalff ll cdlaaa ac bXbfbaiaa fccdcdf hbaaa dkbjfbhhbffcmmcccbcck llhihddhd XX fffaF aaaaF XaaaF fffAX bXnAX XbnaF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,2,32,2,5,5,6,6,7,2,4,2,6,5,2,6,2,9,7,5,21,9,2,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 10100001 111111 111111 010 010 10101010 1 11101 1101 1 101 1 1 10001001101011111 1100110101 1100100101 1101010101 111101 1111 11010101110 11111101100 1101010 1111 1101111110 1111110101 1100010001 1111 1111011011 1101010101 0111010111 1111 1111110101 1101101101 011111010 1111 1111010101 10101100111 1111011111 0101 11001 1101011111 0010110011 0101101001 1100010 111 10100 1 10 101101 10101 111001 11 011110 1011101 11011 111111 01 1111111 1111 1011101 1010010 011111 1001 10111011101 1010011 111101 1111110 01101 1111111011 11111101 1111110 1110111110 1111111 111101 10010 11110 10010 1 101011100 1011110 101110 1011001 1111 1111 101110011 01111 110111 110010 11010 10101 1111111 001011011 01010001 11101 11101001001 111111111 111011 01011 1111111 11111100 1101 1110 1111111111 11111 10001101 111111 1111110 01011010 11111010 1101 1111010 111 101011 1111011 11110 01111110110 111111 110001 111001 1011111 1111111101 111111010 1111011111 1111011110 00001011 111011101 111111 1100 111111 1111010 111110 11001 11010 11001011 01111 1110 01100111 11101 111011 01111011 1111 1101 110101 111111 11010 111111 0101 111111 010111 10111101 111 101111 11101 10 111 10101 011 1 10 01010010 1101011 10111101 011101 1111 1100111101 111010011 1111011111 111101 1111 10011011111 1101100111 0101011111 110101 1111 1101111101 1001010101 101100110 111101 1111 10011100 1101100111100 11101101101 111101 1111 1001011100 10110101110 110100111 111101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 190
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; and, of, i, her, me, not, or, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and, nor, who are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words on, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Langue D'Oc;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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