This is an analysis of the poem Plaintive Tourterelle that begins with:

Plaintive tourterelle,
Qui roucoules toujours,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX bXbX aXXX XcXX XXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 110010 11111 110110 111010 110110 1111110 11010 111111 111111 10111101 1111010 101010 11110 111111 11110 11111 100101 11011 111011 111111 1111100 101011 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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