This is an analysis of the poem Quand Je Te Dis Adieu, Pour M'En Venir Ici that begins with:

Quand je te dis adieu, pour m'en venir ici,
Tu me dis, mon La Haye, il m'en souvient encore :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX bbX 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: 1111101111010 111111111011 10110011111 1111110110 1111111111010 10110010111 1110111110 111111100010 11100111111 111111111011 11111111 1111011010 11101010110 1111111100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; tu, qui, le, me, pour are repeated.

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

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