This is an analysis of the poem Les Roses De Saadi that begins with:

J'ai voulu ce matin te rapporter des roses ;
Mais j'en avais tant pris dans mes ceintures closes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaX XaX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101100110 1110111110010 11111111100 1111110100 1011111101 1011011111100 11101011110 111111101110 100111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • 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; les is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines es, e are repeated).

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

  • summary of Les Roses De Saadi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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