This is an analysis of the poem Sérérnade Triste that begins with:

Comme des larmes d'or qui de mon cœur s'égouttent,
Feuilles de mes bonheurs, vous tombez toutes, toutes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX Xa Xa aa XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101110 1001101101010 1101100111111 1111110111110 11001011100 01110111111 10011001110 1101011100 110111110110 110011110011 10101101110 111111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word vous at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Sérérnade Triste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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