This is an analysis of the poem Le Testament: Rondeau that begins with:

Death, I cry out at your harshness,
That stole my girl away from me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABba abAB XbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 11110101 11110111 01110001 11111100 11010111 11111110 11110101 1100111 01111101 11111100 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i is repeated.

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  • summary of Le Testament: Rondeau;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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