This is an analysis of the poem J'Ai Dans Mon Coeur... that begins with:

J'ai dans mon coeur, dont tout voile s'écarte,
Deux bancs d'ivoire, une table en cristal, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 1101110110 1110101011 1110111010 111111110 1111001101 111111101 111101111011 111111110 111011101 1110110111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word j'ai at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of J'Ai Dans Mon Coeur...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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