La France. Au Poète Prosper Blanchemain. by Louis Honoré Fréchette: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem La France. Au Poète Prosper Blanchemain. that begins with:

Toi dont l'aile plana sur notre aurore, ô France !
Toi qui de l'idéal connais tous les chemins !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX XXaX XXb 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: 11110110101 11010101110 11011111100 011101110 11111010100 101101010 111010100010 110111101110 11101110101 10100101111 1111110101 110011110110 11101010110 11101011110 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; toi, nous are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words toi, nous are repeated.

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  • summary of La France. Au Poète Prosper Blanchemain.;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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