This is an analysis of the poem Une Lettre De Femme that begins with:

Les femmes, je le sais, ne doivent pas écrire ;
J'écris pourtant,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX bcbc XXaX XXXX XXXX XdXX XXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101111011 110 1011111111010 1110 11111001111111111 1011 1011111001101 111 1011110111110 1111 111111111111010 1011 111111111100 1010 111111111001 1011 1111111111110 1011 0111111010 101 11111111101100 1001 10010111110110 110 11111101111111 1110 1001101101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of Une Lettre De Femme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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