This is an analysis of the poem Cet Amour that begins with:

Cet amour
Si violent ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXCdXXeXXXcfXXXXXXXXXcXgghXXaXXeXXXXcaXXbXXXdcXCaXcXXXiXXjXXjBdXBjjjXjfXXehiXXgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 84,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1100 110 11 11 110 1101 110101 1010110 11011 11011 110 110 1110 10011111101 1110010 11110101011 1101101110 111010 11101 1101 111010 1011010110 111101011010110 110110 11011 11100 101 101 10101 1110100 11111 101101 10101010 101101011 110111 101100 11010 111100 1101010 110011 111 1101011 1100 101011 11110 10101 10111 11101 110101 1101 1101 101111 1110110 11111110 111110 1111 11111 11111 1111 11111111110 111111 0111101 1111111110 11111101 11 1111 1111100 11 1111 11111 11101 11010 111111 11011111 111111001 101110 1101 11101 10111111 111011 1010 1111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2067
  • Average number of words per stanza: 376
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; si, faisait, qui, aussi, nous, comme, le, je, crie, pour, et, l, la are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words si, cet, qui, c'est, aussi, nous, et, je, l, ne are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines oubli, pas are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase l connects the lines.

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  • summary of Cet Amour;
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