This is an analysis of the poem The Mares Of The Camargue that begins with:

[From the Mireio of Mistral]
A hundred mares, all white! their manes... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaaabb ccdeeed ffbeeeb XXgbbXg hhbiiXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0010010 01011111 11100101 110101101 110100101 10111101 101011001 1001110101001 11010111 11010111 1101110101 010010111 11011101 010001101 1110110101 11010101 111110001 11010101001 110000111 011101011 10010001 1010010010111 10010110 01000100 01010100111 100111011 11011101 11110101 010010110001 111011111 11110111 1101111001111 01110101 101100101 111100101 1100110100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and is repeated.

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

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