This is an analysis of the poem La Fille De L'Air that begins with:

Je suis blonde et charmante,
Ailée et transparente,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa XXXXXX XabXXX cXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXb ddXXXX XXXaXe eeXXXX XXXXXX XbXXeX XXXXXa XXXXXX XeXXcX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 11100 1101111101 1111101 1101 1000101111 111111 11010 11011111011 11101 11111 1111101111010 1111110 111011 111111111001 11101 11110 110111110111 111111111111 10111 11100111011 11111110 110100 11101111010 1011110 11111 01011111110 1101110 101110 110111110111 11011 01110 1111010110110 101111 111011 11110110001 101110 1110110 11110111 11111111 100110 11110100110110 11110 10110 111110110101 111011 11011 1101111011111 11011 110011 10110101100 111011 11010 0101111110 11110 11101 11010101111 011010 11000110 110111111011 101001 1111111 11101111110 0111100 101011 1110010111 101110 10011 1101001101010 0111110 11100 11111110101 11111 110100 101010111110 11101110 110111 11111110 1100110 1110010 1111111111 11101 11111 111111101011 1010110 11100 1011010110 111010 111110 10101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; je, la, de, mes are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words je, j'en are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines te, tre, robe, re are repeated).

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  • summary of La Fille De L'Air;
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  • history of its creation;
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