This is an analysis of the poem À Mme Angélina B*** that begins with:

Au beau pays de l'or quel attrait vous enchaîne,
Vous, la plus fraîche fleur de nos cercles aimés,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXa XaX 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: 11101110110 1111101101 11010111011 110101111010 11111101110 1010111111110 11111111100 1101111101 11001111110 111101110110 11011011110 1101111111 1101101111 110111111110 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; vous, plus, les are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of À Mme Angélina B***;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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