This is an analysis of the poem Les Deux Amitiés that begins with:

Il est deux Amitiés comme il est deux Amours.
L'une ressemble à l'imprudence ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXbabXXXXXXXXaXXXaXXXX XXXXXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111001101110 110100 11110110100 11111110 1011 1110110 11011001 1101111101 100101110 11101110 1011111 10110110 1101111111 110101 100111111 1101 111101011101 100110111011 10101011110111 1001111010 1111010 1111111010 11001110011 111100111101 1111000110 101110100 11101100 11100101 11101010 1001100 100110010 100100101011 1101011101100 111001111111 11111110 11111 11001111 111101010101 101110110100 1111010110 100110110111 1111111111 11001101010110 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 870
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, elle, le, nous, de, et are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words elle, ce are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Les Deux Amitiés;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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