Another Imitation Of Anacreon by Jean De La Fontaine: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Another Imitation Of Anacreon that begins with:

PRONE, on my couch I calmly slept
Against my wont. A little child...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXXcddeebbcXaaXcXXXXaabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 01110101 01111101 11110101 11011101 1010111010 1110111010100 11010111 100111111 101011111 10100100111 01111111 11110101 10101110101 101000111 1010111010 01011101 10111011 01111001100 110110101 101101101 10101111000 101111101 10000101100 10010101 11011101 10101101101 1011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 189
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

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