This is an analysis of the poem Tu Mettrais L'Univers Entier Dans Ta Ruelle (You Would Take The Whole World To Bed With You) that begins with:

Tu mettrais l'univers entier dans ta ruelle,
Femme impure! L'ennui rend ton âme cruelle....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXXX XcdXXXXXX X e eafgddhi dcjXikdjb i X j jjllddhX aabbddjXf f a j bbggbbii jjbbjjX i l e eXddddkk jjXbccbbf f Xg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,1,1,8,9,1,1,1,8,9,1,1,1,8,7,1,1,1,8,9,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110100101111 101101111 11001111100 1111111110 11100101101 111100111100 10100011010 1101011011 011011111 100100100101 101111110111 101110111110 101011111110 111110110010 1110111101 011111111 0111001111 100101100 1110110101 1110110101 011001011110 010111101001 1101100111 11101110 111011110100 1000101110 011010010110 1101100100 0100100100011 111101111111 0100101111110 111101100100 001011111110 110010001001 1101101101 011100010010 111000011010 010110100 1101001111 1101001111 0101110011 0101111011 0101011111 1111110101 0101010101 11000101110 1101010111 1111011101 1101110101 1111110101 0111010001 0101011111 1101011001 01110101010 11011100010 0101010101 1100110001 0101110 100010 1111001101 11001011101 1011111011 1101100111 1111010111 0101110101 1101110100 1100110100 1101100111 1101010011 11111100101 0111010111 1101010101 0111101101 0101001000 1101011010 0101110 1100101010101 1100101010101 11110101100101 110111110111 101101110111 111101111101 1100111011001 0101110010101 111111011101 1000100111101 11100101001111 11000111101000 1101100111101 110101010101 110101111011 0101011010101 1101011100111 0101010011101 110011010010101 01011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; you, your, why, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, you, you'd, before, to are repeated.

    The author used the same words you, you'd 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 s, you, lane are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Tu Mettrais L'Univers Entier Dans Ta Ruelle (You Would Take The Whole World To Bed With You);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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