This is an analysis of the poem Les Trois Amoureux that begins with:

Jeanne est si blonde, qu'elle est rousse.
Le jour de Pâques elle s'en va ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110011 0101111 101011 1111100 11111100 10101010 10111110 111111001 1100111 11111100 10111 1111100 11010010 11001110 1110111 110010 0011111 1011111100 101011 1111100 111100 1111111 11001110 1111010 01010101 10111010 101011 1111110 0101011 1100110 11011111 10111010 11010111 11010001 101011 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words elle, cueillit are repeated.

    The author used the same word le at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Les Trois Amoureux;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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