This is an analysis of the poem La Lune Des Fleurs that begins with:

Douce lune des fleurs, j'ai perdu ma couronne !
Je ne sais quel orage a passé sur ces bords. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111110110 1111111001111 1101011101 11111100 1111110110 1111110 0111110110 11011011111 101110 1111110 10110110100 1011101010 11001010110 11011010 10110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; j'ai is repeated.

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  • summary of La Lune Des Fleurs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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