This is an analysis of the poem Le Dernier Rendez-Vous that begins with:

Mon seul amour ! embrasse-moi.
Si la mort me veut avant toi,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXa XXXXXXXXa XXXXXXXaa XXXXXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 11111011 1111111 11101110 111111010 111110 1111110 11011011 11111101 111001110 111101 1010100 11111010 10100110 111011101 1111011 111101111 11011101 10111011 101111 1101110 111111010 111110110 0100110 1111010 1110111 111111111 111011110 11111011 1111010 110101 11011110 11000011 11101100 11111011 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; te, je are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word pas at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Le Dernier Rendez-Vous;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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