This is an analysis of the poem Villanelle that begins with:

En ce mois délicieux,
Qu'amour toute chose incite, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXAXXXXXXXAXXXXXXAXXXXXXXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 1001101 110111 1100110 11011 1110110 111101 111110 101110 110011 1110011 11000110 1011010 10111 111101 111110 11111101 11111110 1101 11110110 1110110 111101 111110 1111011 1111010 110101 11110110 111110 1101010 111101 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 891
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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