This is an analysis of the poem Pour La Même Inconstante that begins with:

Elle aime, et n'aime plus, et puis elle aime encore,
La volage beauté que je sers constamment :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXa XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111111111 11011111100 11110111100 11101011110 111101111 11110111000 1101111000 1110110101 1011111100 101100111011 111111110 1111011011 1111101111001 10100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Pour La Même Inconstante;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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