This is an analysis of the poem Moine Doux that begins with:

Il est des moines doux avec des traits si calmes,
Qu'on ornerait leurs mains de roses et de palmes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111011110 10100110101010 1010010101101 1110110111 11111011011 111011011 111101111110 1111011100 11110111001 1110101111 11110111100 10011110100 110111110110 10111101110 1111011110 111111011111 11101010110 10100111011100 110111011100 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; des, la, de are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words et, qui at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Moine Doux;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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