This is an analysis of the poem À Mme Oscar Dunn that begins with:
Cousine, j'aime à voir sourire vos dents blanches ;
J'aime entendre éclater votre rire mutin :...
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: 1011101110 1010101110 101110101100 1111111110 110110100111 1101111010 111010111010 1111111100 01001011 1101111011 1001011101 101011011110 111110011110 1011111101 1
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; plus, le are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word mot is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cieux is repeated).
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- summary of À Mme Oscar Dunn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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