This is an analysis of the poem Les Vierges that begins with:

L’une,
Corps en fleurs et cœur en éveil,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba XXXX XXXb cXXX cXXX X XdXX XXXX XXXX XdXX XXXX X XXXX XbXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111111 01111 1111001 100110 111010 11111 110110 1111 101110 1001100 1010100001 10111110 1111010 101101110 1100111 111101 1001011 110111000 1101100 1 110110 1100111 0111100 1111110 1111110 1111 1110110 011100 1010110 011011111 111101 11000 111011100 10011001 1101000 10011100 1111011 11111 11010110 1111110 1 11111100 10010 110011100 1010101 1011110 111101 110010 101100 100110100 111011 10110100 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; une, s, urs 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 Vierges;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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