This is an analysis of the poem Aux Trois Aimés that begins with:

De vous gronder je n'ai plus le courage,
Enfants ! ma voix s'enferme trop souvent....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXb XaXacbcb XXXXXXXb XdXXXXXb XdXXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101111010 101110110 110010010 1111111 100011011 1011101110 11101111 10011011 1111101 1001110100 1011111 101111010 10110111 111011010 1100010101 10101011 1111111011 111111100 110011110 10101111010 1111110 1001110110 11101101 10001011 1110011101 10011010 111111110 1101111010 111011001 011110110 111011110 10011011 1111100110 1110111111 1010100110 11010010 1001101110 1111110110 1110011010 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l'un, les, tout, le are repeated.

    The author used the same word je at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word tour at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Aux Trois Aimés;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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