This is an analysis of the poem Scrupule that begins with:

Je veux lui dire quelque chose,
Je ne peux pas ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101011 111111 011011111 11111 111111110 1111 11101111 11111 11011011 0111 11111111 1010 111101111 0110 11111111 1010 11011101 011 11101011 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; je is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Scrupule;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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