This is an analysis of the poem Le Lis that begins with:

Hors du coffret de laque aux clous d'argent, parmi
Les fleurs du tapis jaune aux nuances calmées, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX aXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101001111010 110101110010 0111101000110 101111111010 1011010101 1010110100 1101101100 10110110100 11010111110 101100111010 1011001111 1110010101 11111110001 1011111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; et is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines es is repeated).

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

  • summary of Le Lis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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