This is an analysis of the poem Saules Pleureurs that begins with:

Elle passe comme le vent,
Ma jeunesse douce et sauvage ! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXAXXAb CXXCXXCX DXXDXXDX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1101110 110111010 111101 1111011 111111010 111101 10101110 111110 1011010 01100110 111110 111011100 10111110 111110 01101100 10101001 111111 1111111 10101001 111101 1110011 10101001 01110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; la, de, que are repeated.

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

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

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

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