This is an analysis of the poem La Violette that begins with:

Nec sum adeo informis !
À M. A. d. B........

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX aXXX XXXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 1011 110111111 1010101111001 111011001110 11100110 111111110 1110101110 1111110110001 1101110 1111011111 11001010111 11101111110 111110 1011011111 111110101111 1111011110 11011110 1110111111 11110111101 1110111011111110 1101110101 10111010 100110101 111101111110 11111011 111110 1111111101110 1111011101 1110010 111111110 11101111 111111100110 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; ' is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ' 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 La Violette;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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