This is an analysis of the poem À M. De Berluc-Perussis, Poète Provençal. that begins with:

Poète, hier, encore, en humant quelques verres
De votre fin muscat de Provence, ― frileux,...

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 pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110111101010 0111001010 11111110100 111011110110 10110011001 110101101100 101010111 01110010110 011001101000 110110110100 11110110100 10101011010 1011111110 1111111010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; de is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.

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

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  • summary of À M. De Berluc-Perussis, Poète Provençal.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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