Ballade De L'Âme De Paul Verlaine by Catulle Mendès: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ballade De L'Âme De Paul Verlaine that begins with:

Bien qu'il ait l'âme sans rancune,
Pierrot dit en serrant le poing :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 10111001 1110011111 01001011 11110 111010110 10111110 01111001 111111011 1111111 101110100 110110111 11011001 111101011 11111111 110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; ' is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ballade De L'Âme De Paul Verlaine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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