This is an analysis of the poem Les Vergers De Mai that begins with:

En mai, les grands vergers de la Flandre féconde
Sont des morceaux de paradis qui se souviennent ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100111 11100010111100 101111101101 1111111110 1011011001 1100101111 0111111011 01101111011 111011111010 111010101100 1100111010000 111100110110 1010111111011 11110110100 11111100111 11111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; les, et are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Les Vergers De Mai;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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