This is an analysis of the poem La Princesse that begins with:

Ne parlons plus de liberté :
Je viens de voir une princesse....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXB XXXXXXcdB XXXdXXXXB XXXXaXXXB XXXddXXXB XXXXXXcXBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 11101110 11110110 1111111 110100 1101110 1111011 1101110 1110111 11111010 111110 1011010 1011110 10011111 1111111110 1110111 11111111 1110111 111110110 1001010 111110 1111111 1101101 1101110 1111110 101100011 1110111 11011110 1101011 1111110111 111110 110110 1111111 10001111 1111111 1110111 110110110 1011111 11111110 11110111 0101111 11111010 11100110 01110110 1110111 111011100 1111110 01010111 111101 0101100 101000110 11101011 11101101100 1110111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; de, j, ai, d, et, l, quel are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word roi 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 La Princesse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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