This is an analysis of the poem La Maison De Ma Mère that begins with:

Maison de la naissance, ô nid, doux coin du monde !
Ô premier univers où nos pas ont tourné !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXbXXXXX cXXdXeeXXeXX XXXbXXXXXaXe cdXXXXXXeXXX XXXXXXeXXXXX XXXXXbXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXeX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011011101 0110011111 11110111100 110111111100 111101011111 100101110110 111101111011 1111111110110 101101110111 110011100111 11011010011 101101110011 011010111111 011111111 11111011010 1111011111 10010110111 10111111001 1001101111 11001101110 11011010010 111100111111 1111111111 11001010110 11111101101110 0111101110 101100011110 111101101011 1111001111 100111111 011110101101 1101111011 10111001110 101111111001 1011110111 10101110111 11010101111 10111011001 111111111111 0111111101101 1011101011 1011011110 11001111011 1111011111011 01001110111 111011110110 101011110 1010110110 101101011111 101110110010 1110111111 111110100111 10010111111 111110001 11111111111 111101011 11111110 111011111010 11110110111 110100111110 11100011110110 11110111011 1111011111111 011111110 1111001110 110110101111 111001101111 1101110110 1111111110 11011011011001 1101001110 100101110011 111010111100 111010110111 1111110111110 111011111011 11011011100 110111110111 111011011111 11111100110 1010111011 111100100110 11111011110101 11001011110 11001011010 110101110110 111010100110 110100 11111111110 11011111010 1101011110 1111100010100 11111111100 11001101111 110111110010 111001111111010 1111011110 11010101 101011011111 110010111111 100100101 11110110110 1111011111110 11011111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; je, les, s, d, et, nous, rien, de, m are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words laissez, rien are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, re, jour are repeated).

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  • summary of La Maison De Ma Mère;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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