This is an analysis of the poem Variations Sur Le Même Sujet that begins with:

Pour tous ― elle excepté ― ma vie a son mystère :
Un amour éternel depuis longtemps conçu....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX Xab XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1110111011 11010101010 11110101101 1011011010111 10111101000 111111110101 111111010111 111101011111 101111110111 11111101110010 11001010111 1101111101 111111111101 101001111001 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et is repeated.

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

  • summary of Variations Sur Le Même Sujet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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