This is an analysis of the poem A Ma Belle Lectrice that begins with:

Oh ! Votre voix sonnait brève, lente ou pressée,
Suivant les passions et les rhythmes divers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaa aXab 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: 111101111 10110111010 110101110 101110111001 11010101010 111111 10011011111 11011011011 110110011 10110100110 1100110110 111111101 1011101010 1101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; les, et, votre are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of A Ma Belle Lectrice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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