This is an analysis of the poem Ma Mère that begins with:
Quelquefois sur ma tête elle met ses mains pures,
Blanches, ainsi que des frissons blancs de guipures....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111111110 1010111010100 1111111100 1111110000 1011100111 111101 100111110110 11110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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 Ma Mère;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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