This is an analysis of the poem Ô Marâtre Nature that begins with:

Ô marâtre nature (et marâtre es-tu bien,
De ne m'avoir plus sage ou plus heureux fait naître),...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa aXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011111 0111011111011 10111110111101 1111011011 1111110111101 111111010111 110011111110 111110111011 111011111110 111110111 111110101110 10100010110 111011110100 1111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tre, je, et are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ô Marâtre Nature;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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