This is an analysis of the poem La Grisette that begins with:

As Clemence! when I saw thee last
Trip down the Rue de Seine,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbc adadefef gfgfhfhf acacfifi ejejbkbk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 1101010 11011111 111110 11101101 110101 110101001 011101 01111111 110101 11011101 110011 01001111 1101101 11011111 111101 11111101 0101010 11111101 1100010 11110111 111101 01111101 011111 11010111 111101 11010101 010101 11010101 010101 110101100 010111 01011111 111101 11010101 111111 10110101 111111 11011101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

  • summary of La Grisette;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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