This is an analysis of the poem Le Balcon that begins with:
Mere des souvenirs, mattresses des mattresses
Mother of Memories! O mistress-queen !... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcbcB dXdXd edede FafaF FafaF gagag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111011001100 1001001101 1111111101 0100010110 0101010101 1001001101 01010001010 1101000111 11111011010 11110011000 11010101010 110100010 110111010110 11110100101 110011111010 110100010 0111011101 1001111101 1111111101 1101111101 0111011101 11110101000 1111010111 1111111101 1011101100 11110101000 1111110100 0111110101 1101010001 1001010100 1111110100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; how, your, these are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, how, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Le Balcon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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