This is an analysis of the poem La Loi D'Amour that begins with:

Deux êtres s’aimaient d’un amour
Pur et sans alliage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX cbXX aXXX cXcX XXXa XXXX XXXX XdXe XXXX dXXa ffXX bXXX XXXX XXXb XXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 11110 10111011 11110 11001100 1101000 110111 1110 1101111101 1111110 111110 1100110 110110 110010 10111100 110111 1111101 11110110 1100110 110110 010101 11110110 1110101 101100 1111001 11011 11011010 110110 11110110 111110 1101110 010100 10100110 1111 10011101 101001 111011100 101010 1111011 11010 1111100 11101 0111100 10110 1011111 111011 110111 110011 11110100 11011 11110111 11111 1111001 11001 11101111 1011110 1110110 1111 10111010 1111 110111 11110 1111011 1010 111101 110111 1111101010 10011 100111110 11111 1111100010 101001 10100111 11100 10111100 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; un, il are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of La Loi D'Amour;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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