This is an analysis of the poem Réponse that begins with:

Ce que je te suis te donne du doute ?
Ma vie est à toi, si tu la veux, toute....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101111111 1111111011 1111011111 101101111 11101111 110111110 1010110110 111111111 1111011110 111100111111 1111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines plus is repeated).

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

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

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