This is an analysis of the poem Metz Moy Au Bord D'Ou Le Soleil Se Lève that begins with:

Metz moy au bord d'ou le soleil se léve,
Ou pres de l'onde ou sa flamme s'esteint, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX aaX
  • 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: 11111001111 110111110 1111111010 110101110111 1111110111 10111010 1111111010 110011111 1111111110 111110111 11111110 111110111 1110111101 1011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; ou, en, metz, moy are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ve at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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