This is an analysis of the poem A Mlle Fanny De P. that begins with:

Ô vous que votre âge défend,
Riez ! tout vous caresse encore. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX bXXX XXXc XXXX XaXb XXbX XcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1111011 1101011 10111010 11101101 0101111011 1111101 11011101 010111010 111011010 1101010 11001010 11111110 1101111 100111 1001110 1101111 1101010 1110110 11001011 1101100 111111 110110 1111011 11110110 110110 1110111 1011101 110111 1011111 111111 11111 10001111 101101110 1111011 111110 11101010 1111111 1110110 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; soyez, le, de, des, votre, vous are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vous, votre are repeated.

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

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