This is an analysis of the poem L'Amour En Fraude that begins with:

J'ai vu passer, l'autre matin,
Un jeune Dieu dans la prairie ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXa XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 1111110 110101 11001110 111110 11111110 11001110 11101110 110011 11101111 11001110 1111100 011010010 111111 101111 01110111 11011110 10101101 11001011 1100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; un, sans, des are repeated.

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

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  • summary of L'Amour En Fraude;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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