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

Vous y dansiez petite fille
Y danserez-vous mère-grand ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXa XXXbX XXaXa XXXXX XXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 1100111 1110110 10110100 11100101 1101100 111001110 1011011 0111111011101 1110110 11011111 10011110 1101011111 1111110 1011111111 1111110110 111110 1111110110 1111010 11010110 1110110110 1110101 01011011 11111101 11100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; je is repeated.

    The author used the same word les at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase changeant connects the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Guillaume Apollinaire