This is an analysis of the poem Longévité De La Femme that begins with:

D’après de véridiques
Fabriquants de chroniques,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aXXXXXXb XbXXXXXb XXXXXXXX bXXbXXXX XXXXXXXc XXXXaXXX XXXdcXXX XXXXXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 1000100 1001000 1110 110110 10011 1011100 11100 101101 1110 110011 110011 11011 1110 110011 1110 11110 111111 111010 110 11111 0111 111010 101001 1011110 1100110 1011101 10010 101100 1011101 101100 11110 111011 11010 111010 101111 111111 111111 0101110 100110 111100 11010 10010 11110 111011 11100 10011 1010111 111000 111000 111000 010101 11110 11101 11110 110110 1111110 110001 10011 1110111 11111 11111 11110 1110 110110 1111 1011 110100 101011 1111 1001 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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, qui, es, vos are repeated.

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

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

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

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

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