This is an analysis of the poem Noces De Diamant. À M Et Mme C. P*** that begins with:

O mes chers vieux amis, à l'époque trop brève,
Et pour moi disparue, hélas ! depuis longtemps,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111110111 1111011010 1111011001111 110110110010 11110101111 10100100101110 1110010111 1110110011 111111110111 111111111011 11011010110 11101111010 11110011010 1110011111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).

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