This is an analysis of the poem Je Pense À Toi that begins with:

Je pense à toi mon Lou ton cœur est ma caserne
Mes sens sont tes chevaux ton souvenir est ma luzerne...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX aa XX bXX XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111111101110 111110110101110 010111101010 11001111111 110111111110 110111010010 110010111111 111110110101 11110111 1110110101110 1111 1111111101 1101111011 11011111010 110111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; est is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Je Pense À Toi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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