This is an analysis of the poem La Vieille Demoiselle that begins with:
La demoiselle en bandeaux noirs,
Qui brode à l'aube et brode au soir,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: AbXcXd XXXaX XXXXX XXaXAbXX XXXadaXX XXXXXXXXeXXXX XXXXXXeXXa XXXXccXXXXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,8,8,13,10,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001101 1111111 1011111 011010111 11011101110 01101011011 1101101000 1111111100 010010111010 0100010101 11011011 110010 01010 010010 11111001 110011 1011011010 101111111 111111110 10001111 11001101 11001011 1110110110 101110010 111110010 11101110 1011111001 11111 110110001 101101 111110010 01100 1100 1011 1011010 10000 1011110 10111110 11101110 111010110110 10101100 101110011 10011001 10010111111 0011110110 11001111001 010011111 1101010110 11011110 10111101111 1010110111 111110011111111 111111111 10101111000 101110011111 111100101110 1001111111100 1111101100 11101111 1010001101 110111111 10 11101010010 01010101010 110011011 11001101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, et, le, les, son are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word le is repeated.
The author used the same word la at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of La Vieille Demoiselle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
