This is an analysis of the poem Mon Visage Est Fletri that begins with:

Mon visage est flétri des regards du soleil.
Mon pied blanc sous la ronce est devenu vermeil....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110011101001 1111110110010 11010101011 1101010110 11011011101 1101011101 011110111110 11111011111 1111110010111 110101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 483
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; moi, o are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word mon is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Mon Visage Est Fletri;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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