This is an analysis of the poem Rondel. (From Froissart) that begins with:
Love, love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine?
Naught see I fixed or sure in thee! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABaABXabAb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111100101 11111101 1111111111 1111100101 11111101 1101110110 1111010101 1111100101 1111001101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; love, what are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Rondel. (From Froissart);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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