This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet (Vent D'Été) that begins with:

Vent d’été, tu fais les femmes plus belles
En corsage clair, que les seins rebelles...

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: 111111011 1011111100 101111111 101101111 11111100100 10011111100 11011010111 1011111001 111011010 11011011 111111110 1011110110 110111010 10101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word ve at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Sonnet (Vent D'Été);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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