This is an analysis of the poem Femme that begins with:

Lui – cet être faussé, mal aimé, mal souffert,
Mal haï – mauvais livre… et pire : il m’intéresse. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XbXb XXXc cXXX dXdX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111110 11110111110 1011111111101 11101100 110111111111111 1111111 111111011010 1111111 111111111111 11100111 01111011011111 10111111 11111111110 110111 101110101111 1111111111 1011110111101 1101011 11110110111 111111111 11001101111 11101101 1111001011 11100100 011101110111 01100010 11111011111011 1111111111 11110101110110 111101 11111101111 1101010 10111111111 1100110 111111111 1011101 0110010101011 110111 10111100110111 0100010 10110111010 1111111 11110100110 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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; mal, je, suis, pas, me, il, plus, et, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words il, et, je are repeated.

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

  • summary of Femme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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