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

À vingt ans on a l'oeil difficile et très fier :
On ne regarde pas la première venue,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXa XXX XXX
  • 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: 11101100111 11110111010 1111111101 1110100111 111101100010 00110011110 110111001 111110111 1111110110100 111101101010 1111101010 1111001110110 111001111101010 11011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.

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

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