This is an analysis of the poem Fleurs Des Prés that begins with:

Ce sont quelques fleurs des prés
Dont je fleuris votre couche...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1111011 1111000 111011 1100010 1101110 1001010 11011010 1101101 100101 111111011 11111 111101100 111100111 0101010 11111111 010010 110010 1100101 11101 1011110 1001100 110101 1101110 10111 11011010 11101 11111110 11111 101011 1111110 0110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; des, vole, en are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Fleurs Des Prés;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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