This is an analysis of the poem D'Après Albert Dürer that begins with:

Le frêle esquif sur la mer sombre
Sombre;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXAX BbXa XXXX XcXd XXXd CcXe XXXX XXXX BXXX XXXX XXXf XXDX XXXX XXXX XXCc XXGX XXXX XXXX HXCc XXXX XXXX XgXX XXXX XXAX XXXi XXXg XXXX XXAX BbXa XXXX XcXd XXXd CcXe XXXX XXXX BXXX XXXX XXXf XXDX XXXX XXXX XXCc XXGX XXXX XXXX HXCc XXXX XXXX XgXX XXXX XXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101111 1 11111 1 11011010 10 1111010 1 11110000 1 1110110 1 111111000 10 11110010 1 1101110 1 111101100 1 011111101 1 11101100 1 101101 1 101010110 1 111101110 10 1111010 1 11101010 1 010101010 1 11011101 1 110111100 1 1111110 1 11111110 1 111110 1 11111010 1 101111110 1 11111100 1 111111 1 0110110 1 11010101 1 11011011 111 1110111 1 1011100 1 10100110 1 110110 1 11011011 1 1101110 1 1111101 1 11100010 1 11111111 1 011011 1 100110 1 10101100 1 1111 1 11010010 1 11011101 10 10111110 1 111111 1 111011111 1 10111011 1 11100101 1 1111101 10 1111110 1 11110 1 11011010 1 01101111 1 11111 1 11011010 10 1111010 1 11110000 1 1110110 1 111111000 10 11110010 1 1101110 1 111101100 1 011111101 1 11101100 1 101101 1 101010110 1 111101110 10 1111010 1 11101010 1 010101010 1 11011101 1 110111100 1 1111110 1 11111110 1 111110 1 11111010 1 101111110 1 11111100 1 111111 1 0110110 1 11010101 1 11011011 111 1110111 1 1011100 1 10100110 1 110110 1 11011011 1 1101110 1 1111101 1 11100010 1 11111111 1 011011 1 100110 1 10101100 1 1111 1 11010010 1 11011101 10 10111110 1 111111 1 111011111 1 10111011 1 11100101 1 1111101 10 1111110 1 11110 1 11011010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 54
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 217
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sombre, tremble, me, nent, joue, tombe, foule, tres are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases sombre, tremble, joue, tombe, foule connect the lines.

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