This is an analysis of the poem Fleur D'Enfance that begins with:

L'haleine d'une fleur sauvage,
En passant tout près de mon coeur,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaXXX cXcXXXXX XXXbXXdX XXXXXXXX XXXdXXXX
  • 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: 101110 11011011 10100110 1101011 11111111 1111111 111111111 1110100 1001101 111011110 11101 1111110 111111 11110011 11001011 1110100 0110110 1011110 111101 1110111 1101110 111110011 11011110 1110100 111111 11110111 11110111 0101101 1111101 10011100 11111 11110100 1111100 111101010 11111100 1110011110 111111 10110110 01111110 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word amoureux 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 Fleur D'Enfance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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