This is an analysis of the poem La Nymphe L’apercoit that begins with:
La nymphe l'aperçoit, et l'arrête, et soupire.
Vers un banc de gazon, tremblante, elle l'attire;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aaXXbXXXXXXXbXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,20,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110011110 11101010110 11011101010 11110011010 11101110100 11111101100 10111010110 10100011110 10111101011 111111101111 11110110111 111111111 10101011101 1011111110001 110110101110 11001111010 11011110011 11111111011 1101101110110 1110110111100 111100111011 11110100100 110110111100 1000101100 101111111110 11111110110 1001111010 11111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 675
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, de, toi, tu, ta are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ou is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of La Nymphe L’apercoit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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