This is an analysis of the poem Partout La Vanité Du Monde Se Découvre… [li À Lx] that begins with:

Partout la vanité du monde se découvre :
Je plains ces beaux esprits charmés de son amour ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX X XXXX X XXXX X abab X aXXX X XXXX X XXXX X XXXX X XXXX X acac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001111 111111010110 111011101111110 11111011111 1 1110011101 1111111011 010110111 111111011010 1 11011010111 110101101101 1101011111 1111111110 1 01111110110 11110110101 110101111110 111001111111 1 110100101101 110111011010 011111111011 010110110100 1 111001101011 110111111100 101010010011 10110011010 1 101111101111 11111110110 1111011010 110110110 1 1111011110 1001111101 11111111111110 101101101 1 01100100100 11110011100 110111110010 110110111110 1 1101111110110 11011110111110 01101111010110 10011111100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, se, on, le, est are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words la, le are repeated.

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

  • summary of Partout La Vanité Du Monde Se Découvre… [li À Lx];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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