This is an analysis of the poem A La Plus Belle that begins with:

Nul ne l’a vue et, dans mon coeur,
Je garde sa beauté suprême ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 111111 101110 11111111 1011110 11111111 11011111 11110 1110111 111010 1011010 10111101 111110 10110011 1111011110 11111111 11011111 111110111 11010010 111111011 1111010 1010011 11101010 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; l, je, tous, ni are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of A La Plus Belle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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