This is an analysis of the poem Par Gérard De Nerval that begins with:

Je suis le ténébreux, - le veuf - l'inconsolé,
Le prince d'Aquitaine à la tour abolie:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110101100 011001110 11101111110 100110110 11101011110 11010011110 111101111 111101111 1111011100110 1101111010011 111111111 1111101010 100111111 110011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e is repeated).

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  • summary of Par Gérard De Nerval;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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