This is an analysis of the poem Tristesse that begins with:
Si je pouvais trouver un éternel sourire,
Voile innocent d'un coeur qui s'ouvre et se déchire,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaaa XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101011010 110011111111 11101011111 1110101111 101011110 11101111111111 11110011111 011111101110 1111111100100 0101110100 1111101 11010110011 0110011111 11011111 110111111110 111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Tristesse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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