This is an analysis of the poem Rêve D'Une Femme that begins with:

Veux-tu recommencer la vie ?
Femme, dont le front va pâlir,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100011 110111 1110111 10101100 11110011 10011110 111101 101111111 1110010 11101110 11101100 101011 11100011 11111110 10101100 101111111 1110100 1111100 1111110 1010010 111011100 1111011 111011010 1011110111 1010110 1011011 110111 1111111 1100100111 1100101 110011111 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Rêve D'Une Femme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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