This is an analysis of the poem Adieux À Une Comédienne that begins with:
Au seuil de la maison dont vous étiez l’exemple,
Nous demeurons pensifs, alors que vous partez,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011011110 110010101110 010111100110 1001011111 11010111111 11100111100 110110111110 11110111110 111001111111 1111111011 111111001 1001111011 1101011110110 1110111111 11011011111 111100111110 1110100111 11010010110 01011110011 1011001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vous, de, nous are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nous is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Adieux À Une Comédienne;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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