This is an analysis of the poem Aimons Toujours! Aimons Encore!... that begins with:

Aimons toujours ! Aimons encore !
Quand l'amour s'en va, l'espoir fuit....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XbXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX cXcX XXXd XXcX XXXX XeXd XXfX bXcX fXea XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 11011101 10101010 1011011 110111100 11011111 1111110 101010010 10110111 1011001 11001111 11101010 11011111 10111100 111001 0110011 110010110 101011111 110100 01010 10110100 1001111 11010110 11011110 10010110 10111010 11011110 11101111110 1101011 11111010 1100111 111111 1011100 1111111 1111110 1111011 111001100 110011110 11101110 11101011 11111111 11110 111111 1111110 11111110 10010101 1111111 11111111 101010 110011010 1111111 111111101111 110111 110101110 10111111 11111111101 10111101 1111111 10111011 1011110 01111111 10110110 1111111 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; l'amour, ce, que, le, dit, aux, les, et, moi, viens, qui, garder are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words l'amour, ce, soyons, car, garder are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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