This is an analysis of the poem Sans L'Oublier that begins with:
Sans l'oublier, on peut fuir ce qu'on aime.
On peut bannir son nom de ses discours,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXXaX XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101111101 1110110110 1010100010 1110111 110 1101111111 101111101 1010010110 1001101011 110 11011111 1101111110 11110111100 11111110 110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; sans is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sans is repeated.
The author used the same word sans at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word l'oublier at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Sans L'Oublier;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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