This is an analysis of the poem L'Amour Qui Me Tourmente that begins with:

L'Amour qui me tourmente
Je trouve si plaisant...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXaXbaX cdcXXeXe XXXXdXXb fXfXXXXe dXXXdbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 111110 111110 111110 111001 111111 110110 111100 111111 110110 100110 11111 110001 1111101 01101 10110 11110 111101 010110 111001111 111111 1111111 1110111 111111 011110 100011 111110 11110 11101 11110 11111 11001 1111 01110 11111 101011 11110 11110 11110 11001 11011 01111 111111 101110 11101111 111101 100101 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; je is repeated.

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

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  • summary of L'Amour Qui Me Tourmente;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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