This is an analysis of the poem Qu'En Avez-Vous Fait? that begins with:
Vous aviez mon coeur,
Moi, j'avais le vôtre :...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX BXBX CXCX CXCX DeDe AXAa XXXX XccX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 11001 11111 10110 010110 111111 010110 010110 11111 10110111 11111 10110 101011 111 101011 01110 11111 1111 11111 11111 11111 11110 11111 11110 101101 101111 101101 11010 11000 11011 11000 11100 1101 1011 10101 1101 11110 11010111 11010 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; coeur, le, est, la, et, vous are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word le is repeated.
The author used the same word vous at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Qu'En Avez-Vous Fait?;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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