This is an analysis of the poem Le Mai D'Amour that begins with:

Voici que verdit le printemps
Où l'heure au cœur sonne vingt ans,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbbXXcX XXXXXbbXdXX XbXdXbbXXXX eeXXabbXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110010 1111111 10001111 101111 11011111011 11011100 0 111 10100110 10101010 10001111 1011111 10111010 10001111 110111010 110101100 1011100 0 111 11011101 110111 10001111 111011 1111010 10001111 1101011 1010110 11111100 0 111 111110 1111101 10001111 10111001 1001011 10001111 1101111 11001011 10101100 0 111 1011111 10100110 10001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase a connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Le Mai D'Amour;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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