This is an analysis of the poem Lettre D'Amour that begins with:

Ah ! sûrement
Vous allez rire....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXXX XXbc XXXX XXdc XXee XXbX XfXX eXXX dXXd XfXX XXaX XXXX gXXX XXXX gXXg XXXX XXXX hgXh XXfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1101 1111 110 1100 1111 1111 1100 1100 101 1111 1100 1110 111111 1111 1101 1101 0110 11110 111 11111 1101 111110 101111 1110 10111 11101 1101 1111 11 111101 111 1110 1110 11110 1010 1011 1110 11110 10110 1010 100 1110 1010 111 1111 110 111 110 111 1111 0110 111 1110 01110 111 101 1111 11 1100 1010 101 11110 0111 1111 101 111 111 1111111 1110 1111 1111 11110 111 1111 1110 1101 1110 0110 1111 111 110 111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; qu, la are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words qu, et, mon are repeated.

    The author used the same word j 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 che, re, te are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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