This is an analysis of the poem Avant D'Entrer that begins with:

Je sens un goût de sirop
Au Paradis de ta bouche,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111010 1010011 111111 111101 10111110 111111 100100 110010 1110111 111110 101110 1110111 011010 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; et is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ro at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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