This is an analysis of the poem Ces Yeux Ces Yeux, Doux Larrons De Mon Ame that begins with:

Ces yeux ces yeux, doux larrons de mon ame,
M'ont eblouy de leur belle splendeur, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXa XXX aXX
  • 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: 1111110011 11001110 1010101011 1110110010 1110110110 1110110110 1111010101 1011110011 110101110 110001011 111010100 1111110110 1111111010 111010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; de is repeated.

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