This is an analysis of the poem Astarté that begins with:

Celle qui tord au vent sa lourde chevelure
Où le rouge soleil a laissé sa brûlure,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111100 101010111 011010110011 11011010001 100111001 11111011101 01111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

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

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

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