This is an analysis of the poem Do, L'Enfant, Do… that begins with:
Buona vespre ! Dors : Ton bout de cierge…
On l’a posé là, puis on est parti....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXX XaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111101 1111110110 110111110 1000101110 0110111111 101011110 101011101 011111100101 1010101010 1010011011 11111110110 10111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; est, de are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word cierge at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Do, L'Enfant, Do…;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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