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

Ce convers recueilli sous la soutane bise
Cachait l'amour naïf d'un saint François d'Assise....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bX cX Xd XX XX XX aa Xd Xa XX XX cX XX XX bX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011101 10101111010 110110010 11100111010 111001010111 111111011001 1010100111010 111011010001 101001111100 11101100110 11111011010 11111111010 111100111000 101101011000 111011101010 101110111011 111100111100 011101011011 1101111010 1101110011 11101110110 11010011110 11011101110 010011101110 01111111001 1001110110 11110110100 010111010100 1111111111 101010100111 1101011111001 100100111000 100011011101 10111110011 01010111010 101010100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; le, et, les, des, de, si are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, o, a are repeated.

    The author used the same word o 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 s is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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