This is an analysis of the poem L'Imprudence that begins with:
Comme une fleur à plaisir effeuillée
Pâlit, tombe et s'efface une brillante erreur....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 1111011010 101111010 111111 111111001 101010101111 1100111101 11101101 111111100 110101010 1111011010 111100101110 101110111100 10111011110 111110111011 11111010110 1101011111 101100 111011100 111111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word un is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of L'Imprudence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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