This is an analysis of the poem Les Carmélites that begins with:

Parmi l'ombre du cloître elles vont solennelles,
Et leurs pas font courir un frisson sur les dalles,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011011000 1111101101110 10010111100 1011110111110 1101110100 101101110100 1001011011000 1111110101110 1111011100 1010100111100 11101110110 110111101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of Les Carmélites;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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