This is an analysis of the poem Tempête Et Calme that begins with:

L'ombre
Suit ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXbX XcXXddde XcXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XbfXXXfX XXXgXXXX XaXXXXXa XXXXaXXX XXXXhXhX bXXXXXXX gXXXiXXX gXXXXXXX XaXXXXXX XXigXXXX XcXXXXXX XXXXXbXX eggXXXXg XcXgXXXX iXiXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 11 10 10 01 01 10 110 10 011 1 110 100 100 110 110 1011 1110 111111 1110 1101 101 1110 1111 11111 10110 1011 1110 111 111111 11010 1100 10010 110110 110100 111001 11011 1111 101110 11110 1111110 0111 011001 10111110 010110 110010 0111110 11010011 11111100 1011010 10110 1101100 01101101 101111 11110 11011100 1101010 111011111 111111010 011010011 11111111 1010100110 11111100 1110101111 11110111 1101110011100 1011110110 10110110100 110101111 1111100101110 11101111111 10100111000 111111011 1011101110 1011100110 10001101 1110110011 10110101 11111110101 111110011 1101011 0111111 1111010 111100101 1010111 101011 011111 1101101 110101 0110101 1001110 011100 11111111 101011 1101101 111100 1100110 010110 1011110 1111001 10101 101110 111001 101111 1011 1111 11111 11010 11111 11011 11111 11110 1110 011 1111 1110 0110 1101 1100 1110 110 0111 111 110 110 110 101 111 11 11 10 11 10 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, te, ve, la are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines te, ve are repeated).

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