This is an analysis of the poem Toujours Pour Lui that begins with:

Roses de mai, c'est dans les pleurs,
Dans le deuil et dans les douleurs,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10011111 10111110 1110110 11110011 11101101 111001110 11110100 11111000 1101101 101011 11101110 1001011 10110011 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dans, les, urs are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Toujours Pour Lui;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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