This is an analysis of the poem À Mlle Yvonne Leduc that begins with:

Yvonne, devant toi tu vois s'ouvrir la vie…
Comme un hôte charmant le bonheur à venir,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXa XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01101111011 1111001010 111111110110 1101010111 01010110011 110101100110 10111011100 111110011111 11110100011 10011101111110 110001111011 111101111 11111110011 101011101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • 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; la is repeated.

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  • summary of À Mlle Yvonne Leduc;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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