This is an analysis of the poem Ah! Du-Te… that begins with:

Ah. du-te, tu suspinul meu,
Departe să te duci mereu;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111001 10111010 1001110 1111111 11111100 111111000 1011010 010110 1100110 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; te is repeated.

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

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

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