This is an analysis of the poem L'Écolière that begins with:

Approchez, aimable écolière,
Vous qui fûtes maîtresse un jour ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXaXXXXXX XbXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XbXXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 1111011 10011100 10101010 10011011 1111101 11110110 1001100 0111011 1001100 11101100 1110100 111110010 10011100 11010100 11010110 1110110 10111110 1001100 0111111110 1001100 11101100 1101100 110111 111111 1001111 1101110 111110 1111111 1001100 11011101 1001100 11101100 11011110 011011 11110110 1010101 1101111 11110111 1011010 111000 1110100111 111000 11101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ce, finissez, vite are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word issez at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of L'Écolière;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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