This is an analysis of the poem À Mon Filleul that begins with:
Toi que la vie à peine effleure de son aile ;
Toi qui de l'innocence, au fond de ta prunelle,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XXbXcX aXdXXX XXXXXX XaXXXX XdaeXa XXXXcX XXXXXX ffXXcX bXXXXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110011 110100110110 1011110 1111111101010 1111111111010 111101110 111011110011 01101100111 10110011 1011011010 11111111111 1111010 1111101100110 111001110100 1011 110101111100 111110111100 11010101 1010111110010 1101101111 0111110 101111111 11111110 1011111 1111100110100 11110011011 101101 111011101110 1101011011 11101110 111101011 1100111011 11111010 110111011 1001111001 101010 11111111111 11010110011 1011011 111111111101 11111101011 1101010 11111011100 010100010110 1011100 100011111010 01011111110 1111110 1110101101 111010111011 1110110 1101011011110 11111111011 0111010 110111101111 1010011010 11110 1110111100 110011011100 11100001111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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, toi, qui, leurs are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words toi, qui are repeated.
The author used the same word toi at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, es, tre are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of À Mon Filleul;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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