This is an analysis of the poem Puisque J'Ai Mis Ma Lèvre (Since I Have Placed My Lip) that begins with:
Puisque j'ai mis ma lèvre à ta coupe encor pleine;
Puisque j'ai dans tes mains posé mon front pâli;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXbX XXXX XXXX c bdbdefef gbgbeceX g h hhiigg bXccjj aacckk kkeeee aaddcXXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,8,8,1,1,6,6,6,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111111 111111111 1110101110 01110111000 100111010110 1111110110 1111101111110 11111111111 1111101111 1100111110 11111011011 11011011 11110010110010 101010111110 101110111010 111111111110 111010111011 0111110111110 110101111001 110110111010 0111 10111101 110110001 11111011 11011111 110110101 11110101 11110111 011101001 11111001 10110101 110100111 11110111 11110101 11110111 111100001 11101000 010110110 111111 111111 011101 111111 0011001 111111 01010011 111111 101100 111111 101111 011111 11011001 111011 110111 011101 011101 111111 11101101 111010 111011 101111 1101011 110111 10010111 111101 110011 111111 011111 111101 11111000 0101101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; j'ai, puisque, de, que, thy, from, may are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words puisque, mon, since are repeated.
The author used the same word since 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 lip is repeated).
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- summary of Puisque J'Ai Mis Ma Lèvre (Since I Have Placed My Lip);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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