This is an analysis of the poem Allez En Paix that begins with:

Allez en paix, mon cher tourment,
Vous m'avez assez alarmée,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXXaa XXXXX XXbXX XXXXa XXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 1101010 101101 10111110 11010010 1111001 1110010 101100011 111101 11110001 111111010 11110111 11111000 1111011 11101010 10111011 1010101 1110101 10111101 01101011 10110110 1110010 111100 111111110 011111 11111 011110110 11101110 11101101 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; assez, les are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Allez En Paix;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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