This is an analysis of the poem Marguerite Des Bois that begins with:

Marguerite des bois,
Vous souvient-il encore,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAX XXXc DeDX XeXX XbXX XXXX XXXX CXCX DfDd XXXX XXXX BXBX XfXX XXXX XbXX ABAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 110111 10111 001100 101010 101110 101010 1111101 11101 11101 11101 111011 1111110 01101 1111110 11101 110100 100110 110100 100110 1101 10110 1101 111111 11110 10100 11110 111000 111111 101100 111111 100010 11011 1111101 11011 1111111 111011 1110 111011 101100 1111 11111 1111 11110 1111011 1011000 1111011 111101 111010 111001 111010 111000 110111 110010 110111 111011 10111 100111 10111 1011110 10111 110111 10111 001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, m, mon are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words vous, marguerite at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Marguerite Des Bois;
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