This is an analysis of the poem Lise-Amor that begins with:

How well my heart remembers
Beside these camp-fire embers ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bXab bbXb bXXb aXca Xcac ddcd eeXe X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 01111010 01111101 0111010 0101010 1100100 11010101 1101010 0101010 0101010 01100101 0101110 1101110 1111010 11111011 1111010 1100110 0101010 11010111 0101010 1111010 1100010 11110101 1111010 1111010 1111010 10110101 1111010 0111110 1111010 11111101 0101010 1110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lise-Amor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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