This is an analysis of the poem Ô Toi, Que Mon Amour Profond... that begins with:

Ô toi, que mon amour profond et sans mélange
Formé de ton image et de ton souvenir, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbX XXXXX XXXaa XcXXc XXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111 10110101101 101110011001 11011110101 11101100 1111001110 1111110101 11001111110 011111111 1111101011 1011101111110 11111110100110 111110110110 110011110110 11110101 1110110110 111010100111 11111101001 1011001110 1110111 111100111111 101110111010 111101110110 110110110010 111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, tu, de are repeated.

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

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

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