This is an analysis of the poem O Jeunesse! Ô Clarté Des Aubes Envolées… that begins with:

O jeunesse ! ô clarté des aubes envolées,
Ombre des anciens jours, feu des astres éteints,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110100 1110111101 11110101110 1001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; des is repeated.

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