This is an analysis of the poem Depuis Qu'Amour Ma Poitrine Recuit that begins with:

Depuis qu'Amour ma poitrine recuit,
Bouillante au feu de sa plus chaude braise...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX 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: 1010011010 101101111 0110110001 111011111 1011111111 1110111010 1110111111 11011111110 111111111100 11110100 111111111 110110110 11110110 10010111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • 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; bien is repeated.

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