This is an analysis of the poem Les Mois/Février that begins with:

Onze fois, d’une mer couverte de naufrages,
Ma nef à pleine voile à trompé les orages :...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXXXX bcXXXXXXXXXXaXbXaa dXXeXXXXXeXXXXffXXXXXgXhXX XXXXXcfXXXffXXXXXaffXaXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXeXi dXXXXXXXeeXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXjXXXXXXXXXXXjXXXXXX XXXXhhXXXjbXhXXXXXXXXjXXXedXkXXXXXXXlXXXhhXXXleXkXXXXXXXeXeXXmXXXXXXcXXXXaXaXXfXXaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,18,26,24,36,20,24,99,23,64,22,40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100100 111111100 100111010011 1011111001 11111111010110 100110100111 1011111111 110100111011 111111110111 011101101110 10110010110 11001111001 010010111111 110110101101 11110111010 11101111110 1111011111 11111011010 11010100011 1100101010 11011111110 11110111 110011010 100111110101 11101110110 0101001101 1101111010 111001100110 1101011111 1111110011 111111101 101111110 1101011010 11011010011 100111110 1010011101 1111101111 110001110 100111111110 10111110110 11110111100 110101100100 111111111010 10010011110 11001111011 11110111111 011010111110 101001011 1111101101111 11011111110 111111110 0111111111 11001101010 11111100010 11101011010 110111110 11111110100 11001111100 111110010100 1011011100 11011110011 10111011001 1110011001 1111110011 1111101011 110101011 1011011101 11011110111 1010110110 11110101110 11110100 110111110 111010110 11111110100 1111110010 01110111010 1111111100 11111110011 1111111110100 11111101110 1111111010 10110010110 10101011110 111100110 110110101100 11011100100 1101011110 111100101110 1110111101 111101111110 11011010010 111011100010 1111111110 11010011110 11111011111 1010111111 11100110111 110110101110 110111011100 0111110110 1101101110 1110111011 1110001010 1111100111100 110101011000 110010110010 1110011100 1111001101 101111111010 10111011110 11111011111 111110011110 111010110100 100101101100 01111010010 11101111101 1111111011111 11011111 1001110111 111101110 111110110110 1111010110110 1111111110 0111110011110 111101111101 111011101 11111110011 111110111110 11111010111 1111111100 10111010110 111111111 110010111110 11111110111 100111100111 110011001100 1111011100 11011110011 11010011011 1101110110111 111011011 10111011011 110110101001 101111111011 111111110 1111111110 111101110 111111111111 111111111010 101111010 10010010011 110111101 11111111110 11111111011 110111110100 11100010010 1100111110 11110110010 110111111110 110100111010 1111110011 1010111110 1010101111 111011010111 11001110111 1110010111110 111111111011 1111011100 1111111011 100110101011 111000111010 10111010100 11100111010 10010010100 1110110010 11100100110 11111111110110 0110110110 1111011111111 111101111 101111011 1111101101111 101110111110 111110111001 1011001101100 111011101100 10010110101 1010101011 10111011110 1100011110 110111011 1110110100 1111111110 11001101110 11101010110 11110010110 11111111101 11001001101 0100101111 10111111110 0101110110 111101110 0110111011 111111100 111011100100 100110010111 1101011011 100110100110 11110110110 1001011110 011010101011 110110110100 110101011 11111001011 1111110010 1111111010010 11011111110 1110110110 11110100101 110011110011 110101111 111010101 11010111111 11111111110 111100111 0100111111 101111111 10101111100 11110110011 11011010100 10101010110 1110011010 100111100011 11111110 1101011011 10111111111 10111001011 111011101 0110010110 1101110011 11110110100 10101101101 10111010110 11001001011 1100111001 10101010110 1111111010110 11110001101 1111110111 1010101110 100010111000 10001011010 1101010011 1111110110011 111111010110 11111010010 1111011011 1110110110 1011111111111 111101110 1101101100100 10010101100 1011111011 1001111011 1011001011 11111001010 11111011100 1111110 110101110110 1100101110 10110110010 11101011010 10110110111 1101010110111 1110111010 11011011001 111111111111 1011101101 11110110100 1001011010 110111110100 10101011100 01111111010 11110110110 11111110010 11101011110 10010010110 10011110011 1110010111111 1100110110 10111111010 1100111001 100101100110 1110101110110 100100101 10110010101 111010110 1111110100111 1011111110111 1001101111011 0101111010 101110110100 0100111111 1111011101 11001101111100 10101101100 11111011101 1001000110 110110110100 0101001101110 11110111011 1110111101 111111111 1101101011 1101110101 10111010011 1110111101 11101110 111101111 11111001111 11110100100 01101011 11001110111110 10010100110 110111011 110110011 101001011010 111110010011 01111110 110111011 11111101 110101110 111111110110 11011111110 1001111010101 1111011101 1001101001010 1011011111100 1011110011 1110111010110 10101111110 11111101110 101111011 11110011011 111011110011 11001101110101 11111011 110111001 100111100100 110010101000 1111010110 10011011011 11001110011 1011101101 100111110110 11000111110 11111100100 1001101110 101110111110 11111001110001 11001001010 1111001011 11100101011 1010111110 111111111 011101001 1111010111 101111010110 11110110 1011101101 10110110111 11001100011 100110111000 10101110011 101001001001 111100010100 010110010011 101101111 11100100110 1111010010 11001111011 111110100011 1110110101110 1011011011 11100101 1001011010 1101111001 111110110 1100110101010 111011011100 110110110010 100111111 11101011010 111001111 10110110101 1010111111010 10110111 101101001100 11000010110 11001101110 111011100101 1011111011 1011110111 110111111110 100011111111 1110011010 11011111100 11011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1586
  • Average number of words per stanza: 307
  • Amount of lines: 408
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, les, l, s, il, des, la, m, qu, de, le, n, ses, re, y, plus, un are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, o, sans, voyez, les, lui, par, vous, que are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines es, te, s, bres, re, vue, enseigne, tre, e, pare are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase le connects the lines.

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  • summary of Les Mois/Février;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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