This is an analysis of the poem La Jeunesse, Du Val, Jadis Me Fit Écrire that begins with:

La jeunesse, Du Val, jadis me fit écrire
De cet aveugle archer qui nous aveugle ainsi :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX 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: 1100110111 011010111010 11010101110 11011100111 1111111110010 111111111110 10011110110 110011100100 1111001111010 11101111010 11110111 11111111111 111010111011 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; de is repeated.

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