This is an analysis of the poem Ode - Promesse De L'Amour that begins with:

Hier, l'Amour touche du son
Que rendoit ma lire qu'il aime,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 110110101 1101110 1100111 111111111 11011010 111111 11110010 11101110 110111010 1110010 10001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ode - Promesse De L'Amour;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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