This is an analysis of the poem Je N'Escris Point D'Amour, N'Estant Point Amoureux that begins with:

Je n'escris point d'amour, n'estant point amoureux,
Je n'escris de beauté, n'ayant belle maistresse,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaX XXX
  • 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: 1110110101100 11100110110 1110010100110 1110010110100 1110010110100 1110101110110 111001101010 111001110100 1110011101011 111001110110 1110010110110 11101001110110 1110010110110 1110010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; je, n'escris, de are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Je N'Escris Point D'Amour, N'Estant Point Amoureux;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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