This is an analysis of the poem Helas, Si Tu Me Vois Constant En Inconstance that begins with:

Helas, si tu me vois constant en inconstance
Et changer de propos et muer de visage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX XaX XXX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111101100 11001011010 10110110110 10111110111 010110101011 1101111111110 111111111101 111110101100 011010111110 11111110111110 110111111010 111100101110 1010101010010 10110111011 11010011111100 1001101111000 101110111 111111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, en, qui are repeated.

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

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