This is an analysis of the poem Pour Ignace Paderewski that begins with:

Maître, quand j'entendis, de par tes doigts magiques,
Vibrer ce grand Nocturne, à des bruits d'or pareil ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XaXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111000111100 10111011110 11001110111 1011101100100 1111100110100 1110001101 111000110 1001110101100 111100110010 11111110110 10100111010 11101000110 10111011110 11010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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 Pour Ignace Paderewski;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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