This is an analysis of the poem La Fermière that begins with:
Amour à la fermière ! elle est
Si gentille et si douce !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXX XXXXXXXX XXbbXXXX XXbXXXXX XXXXXXaX X XXXXbXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 110111 1101111111 101111 11001111 111111 10110110 111110 01001110 10110 10110010 1101110 111111110 111010 11111110 111110 11110110 101110 11111101 0101011 110111110 101010 11110101 111110 111101 1101 11101111 11111 11011011 11110 1111111 111110 1101110 1101 1110111 01101 1111111 101101 10011 111110 10 1100111 111110 11100100 11110 1011101 1010100 10101111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; la, et are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word la is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word re at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase finir connects the lines.
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- summary of La Fermière;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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