This is an analysis of the poem À Une Dame that begins with:

Blonde à l’œil bleu, lis tremblant sur sa tige,
Vous vous plaignez, lorsque, prenant l’éveil,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111 11101101 100111010 1110110101 1011110111 1110100111 1010111011 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vous, plaignez are repeated.

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  • summary of À Une Dame;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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