This is an analysis of the poem L'Idole that begins with:

Impératrice de mon cœur,
Reine de moi, ma bien-aimée,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cXcX XXXc XdXX XXef XXXX gXXX eXeX cXcX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXd afab XgeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100011 101111 01001011 11110110 110110 1111111111 1001010 1101101 1100111 1010110 111010 011101110 111010111 10111111 111011 101111110 1110100 111010 1111011 11001100 11110111 0111110 111011111 01101001 11111101 11100100 11111111 111110 1011010 11011010 1101111 11110011 11100011 010111110 110111101 0110100 11110110 11110110 01110110 10111011 11111011 10101100 11110101 01111100 11110110 11111111 11110111 111110 10111110 11110110 11111110 1111010 111001 1000110 10010011 111111111 111111110 1111101 101011 1001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; te is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word tu 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 L'Idole;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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