This is an analysis of the poem Amis, Un Dernier Mot! that begins with:

Amis, un dernier mot!
Toi, vertu, pleure si je meurs! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX X XXXXXXXa aXbbcXccaaXXXdXdXXXXcXXXXXXXXcXXXXXdXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,8,46,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 11011111 11 101101111110 11111010 1110011101011 1100111111 1110111001 1111101011 111110011110 11100111101 0111111111111 1101011100 11011111 111010101011 10110001111 111111110 111101111011 11010111111 11011111 1111001110 1111001110 1011011101 1111011110 11101100110 1111111011 1110110010 1101001111 11011111111 11010111011 111011001111 100001011010 110111100011 101011111100 1011110010 11111100 11111111110 101111011010 11101101001 1101111110 111110111110 11101011110 11101011 11011011101 1111111110 1011110111111 11111010110010 1111010111111 11110101110 11110011111 11111001110 110011101011 101111110100 11111111011 1101011010 111010101010 110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 665
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; et, de, quand, je, leur are repeated.

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

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

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