This is an analysis of the poem Vénus that begins with:

Vénus,
La joie est morte au jardin de ton corps ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaaX bX Xbc XXXX XXX aXa XXXX XXDD XXAE XFXX GXHCXX XXDD XXAE XFXX GXHCXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,3,4,3,3,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011110011 11111111111 11100111 10101101111 11 110011101110 11111100110 100011 1110 1111101111 1111110101 11111100011 111111111 10011111111 1 1100100 11101110 11110101 1111 101001001011 111111110 1110100 111001100 100101110 111010110 101000111001 11011011 11001111001 1110110110 101100101011 11111011110 01011101001 111111101110 11101111 101111111100 1110 11011110 1010100 11001111101 110110111101 10111011010 1111011001 111010110 101000111001 11011011 11001111001 1110110110 101100101011 11111011110 01011101001 111111101110 11101111 101111111100 1110 11011110 1010100 11001111101 110110111101 10111011010 1111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; et, les, dans, la, ses, de are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word tes 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 Vénus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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