This is an analysis of the poem Quand Je Voudrai Sonner De Mon Grand Avanson that begins with:

Quand je voudrai sonner de mon grand Avanson
Les moins grandes vertus, sur ma corde plus basse ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX XXX aXa
  • 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: 1111010011100 11101011111 1110110110011 11001111011100 1111010101111 111101110011 11101111010 11111110010110 1111001110011 111011011001 1110111110110 111101111 11110011100 1101101110
  • 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; sa, je, plus are repeated.

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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