This is an analysis of the poem Quand Cette Belle Fleur Premièrement Je Vis that begins with:

Quand cette belle fleur premièrement je vis,
Qui notre âge de fer de ses vertus redore, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXaX 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: 11111000111 110101011010 11111011111011 1111111001011 10100101010 10110011110 110111110001 100101110 10011011010 110110110111 110011110011 1011100100011 10111010101 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word alors at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Quand Cette Belle Fleur Premièrement Je Vis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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