This is an analysis of the poem La Lunela Lune that begins with:

Avec ses caprices, la Lune
Est comme une frivole amante ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXXXXXAXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 011110010 11011110 11111100 11101111 1111110 10101011 011110010 11011111 111001 1011010110 11100110 10101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, la, elle are repeated.

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  • summary of La Lunela Lune;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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