This is an analysis of the poem La Crinoline that begins with:

Savez-vous bien, ô femmes,
Que ce serait infâme...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXbX XXXc XXcX XXdd XbXb XXXa XdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 11101 111100 110 11000 1101100 111010 011 101000 11011 10101 111 11100 1100 101011 111 111 1111 11100 100 10011 10111 10110 1100 1110100 1001000 111100 0110 10101111 101001 111100 1110 111101 110111 110011 111 10111 1110110 011010 101 111010 11110 11001 101 1100010 10100 11011 1110 11 11110110 111010 111 111010 110111 111010 111 1101100 101110 1111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; vous is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of La Crinoline;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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