This is an analysis of the poem Baptême Du « Meteor » that begins with:

Je la vois d’ici, la marraine,
Vraie altesse républicaine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX bXXXbX XbXXXX XXcaXc XXcXXc bXXXXX ddXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110110 110100 111111 10110100 1011001 10101110 11101000111 110011 11111111 111110 11010011 11110100 1101101 1111101111 10110110 11010101 1101011 001110 11011100 11011100 10111101 01011001 11011100 111111 1110111 10111111 1010101 111100 10110100 111111 11011110 1101111 10111001 01100111 11110 011110010 11011011 011110111 10001100 1011100 11111110 10110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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:

    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; de, et are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, riques are repeated).

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  • summary of Baptême Du « Meteor »;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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