This is an analysis of the poem Laisse-Nous Pleurer that begins with:

Toi qui ris de nos coeurs prompts à se déchirer,
Rends-nous notre ignorance, ou laisse-nous pleurer !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXaXaXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,12,8,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111110 111010011110 1011000111111 0111101011111 101101110110 11101011011 1101101110 111111110100 1110111111 111110101110 111101111111 1011001010 1111001001011 1101111011 1111101110011 11110101001 1000110110010 11010101110101 1001010110 111101010010 11101011110 10111011101110 1100100111110110 11110010110110 1011101111101 10110111011 1101101111111 011111111101 11101111110 111010011110 111111111011 11101110 1110101000 111111000 101110110110 10110110101 1001100110 111111000 11011011010 1011111110011 110111110 10110111010 1001111101110 11111111111 11101111110 111010011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, nous, ses, toujours, faut, re are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word pourquoi is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Laisse-Nous Pleurer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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