This is an analysis of the poem Gente Dame that begins with:

Il n’est plus, ô ma Dame,
D’amour en cape, en lame,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbc XXXdeX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXfXXf XXgaXX XXc XXX XXXXgX dXfXXf dXXeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,3,3,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 011111 11 0101100 11100 11 101101 11101 11 1110110 110111 1 11110 111010 11 101010 111110 11 11010 11101 10 11111 111011 10 11110 1110 11 10111 01111 01 101010 11101 11 110110 110111 11 110010 11010 10 111000 110010 11 11111 111 11 11100 1011011 11 110010 111110 11 111111 1011011 01 011010 101100 10 10110 100111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; re is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines voile, re are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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