This is an analysis of the poem Dante Écrit Deux Vers that begins with:

Dante écrit deux vers, puis il sort ; et les deux vers
Se parlent. Le premier dit : - Les cieux sont ouverts....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111111111 1110001111110 1111100111110 1111111101010 11101111101 1111111111110 1001110111010111 1100111010 110011111010 11111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 514
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; suis, je, me, et are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Dante Écrit Deux Vers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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