This is an analysis of the poem Les Séparés (N'Écris Pas...) that begins with:
N'écris pas. Je suis triste, et je voudrais m'éteindre.
Les beaux étés sans toi, c'est la nuit sans flambeau....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXA XXXXA XXXXA XbXbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111111101 111111111110 110111111010 11011110110 11 1110011011 1110111111110 110110101110 101001111010 11 11111111011 1011111010 111111111111 11100111010 11 111111111110 1111111111 11111110110 111010110111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; qu', pas, les are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word n' is repeated.
The author used the same word n' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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 Les Séparés (N'Écris Pas...);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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