This is an analysis of the poem Ha, Que Tu M'Es Cruelle that begins with:

Ha, que tu m'es cruelle,
Que tu reconois mal...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXXXX bcbcXXXdeX XXXdXXdfXX XdbXXXXXXX XXbfgXXXef gXXdXXdXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 111001 11110 111101 11010 111111 110110 110011 11111 111100 110110 1111011 1101010 1111101 110110 111111 11111 1111010 1100010 100110 10101 100010 110110 111001 1011100 011110 10111 11101101 11110 10110 011100 101001 1101110 110010 1111011 1101011 1111100 11110 111111 110100 1111110 011011 1111 110111 11101 011111 110100 11111 0111010 110010 1110011 0111100 1111110 10001 1101111 110011 1001111 100010 110011 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; que is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tu, ou, tandis, ', fust are repeated.

    The author used the same word mais at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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