This is an analysis of the poem Ne Parlez Pas Tous À La Fois that begins with:

Je demande en mariage
La fille d’un roi,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bcXX bXXX deXX XfXX bcXX XcXc gaXX XXgd deXX XXbd XXXX XhXh XXag XXXg gXgX XXXi XdXX XhfX XXXX XXhh dXXX XXXX XXih XgXX Xcac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 1111 101110 1111 11111011 11011 111100 0111 101101000 1111 1111010 1010 111111110 10101 1101011 1010 1011101 111111 11110 11111 11011010 1111 11111 11110 111111 11011 11111101 11111 1111011 10101 1001110 0101 11011 1100 11111 11010 111101 10111 111100 11001 101101 11001 1111011 00111 1111111100 11110 10111100 11010 1111000 11110 10110100 10101 11111 1010 111101 01011 11111 1110 01110 0111 0101010 1111110 110111 11011 11010110 11110 1110110 1111 111 111011 110111 11100 1101110 11101 1101010 1100 111100 111 111011010 10110 101110 11011 111011 10110 1111011 1011 1111 1011 111011 11100 01110 01010 111111 11000 1101101 10110 11011 1111 110011 11100 1110111 11011 110111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; un, l are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.

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  • summary of Ne Parlez Pas Tous À La Fois;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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