This is an analysis of the poem A Thilda that begins with:

Quand, penché sur le bord de la vie éternelle,
Gouffre que le néant emplit silencieux,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXa XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110101110 110110100 10011010011 111011110110 100101111111 1110101110 11100011011 111100111100 110101110101 1110010111101 111111111101 110010111110 1011111110111 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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