This is an analysis of the poem Sur La Carte De Tendre that begins with:

Estimez-vous cette carte nouvelle
Qui veut de Tendre apprendre le chemin ? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX aXXbabXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 110110010 1100111 1110111110 1101111100 111110101 01101011001 1110 111111101 001111100 1110101111 11111011100 10011111 111101110 01101011001 1110 1100110110 1111110011 110111111 1101110110 10010100 11111110 0110101101 1110 1011111 1100010010 10101110011 111011111 1011011 110101101 01101011001 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; s, le are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word bijoux 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 Sur La Carte De Tendre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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