This is an analysis of the poem Juin that begins with:

L'Été met des fleurs à sa boutonnière ;
Au fond des taillis et dans les roseaux,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11111100 1111011110 1000111010 100111100 1111011111 1001011010 1110111110 010101110 111101110 11111110 01001110011 1111010 0110011000 11011010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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, la are repeated.

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

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

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

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