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

Ton œil ne peut saisir les fleurs que tu fais naître
Quand tu daignes fouler le sol ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX Xaba XXXX XXXX XcXc XXXX XXXX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110111111 11101001 111011111110 11101101 10101111111110 11001010 101110111110 11111110 1110111101 11111111 1111111111 11110 1101101110010 1001101 1000011101110 01100010 111100111100 11011100 1110111101000 1110110 111101111100 11001110 101111101111 1011111 110110101100 1010110 110111110110 11100110 101000010100 11011010 111011011100 11011101 1011111010 111110 0111111011111 11101011 11110100111 11110111 10011111110 111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; tu, il, comme, d, des, sont, de, n are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ce 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;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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