Chère Relique by Louis Honoré Fréchette: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Chère Relique that begins with:

Je possède un bouquet de pauvres fleurs fanées,
Que je garde, jaloux, comme on garde un trésor ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XbXa bXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111101010110 11111011111 111111111011 010011111010 111101101110 0110101110 111011010100 11101011101 101110100010 110011110100 1111101110 1011111001 10111111110 110011111010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; je, de, vous are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Chère Relique;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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