This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Madrigal that begins with:

J'ai voulu des jardins pleins de roses fleuries,
J'ai rêvé de l'Eden aux vivantes féeries,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110110101010 11010110010 011100110100 11111111110111 11011011111 11101101100 111111010110 101010111110 1101111111 1101110100 1111011110 1111101110001 11001110110 10100011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; de, et, tes, des are repeated.

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

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

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

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