This is an analysis of the poem Printemps D'Hiver that begins with:

Ô petites Parisiennes
Aux mains de fée, aux doigts subtils,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXA bcXXXXXA XXXXXXXA XbXXXXXA XcXXaXXA XdXXXXXA eaXeXXXA XXXXXXXA XfXXXXXa XddgXXXA XXcXXXXA XXXXXXXA XffXaXXA XgdXXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000 11011110 1111110 10111000 1011111 10111000 10101000 10110111 101101 111110 10101010 1101010 1100111 11010110 10101000 10110111 1111101 111001111 10101110 1001101 1010110 110011000 10101000 10110111 1100110 1001011 1111101 1111101 0111100111 111101100 10101000 10110111 11010101 11000101 10111011 10101100 1111001 111001000 10101000 10110111 11101110 110011 110110 111000 01010101 101100 10101000 10110111 111101101 1110101 11110111 10111111 1111011111 111111100 10101000 10110111 10111111 0111100 110011 1011011 1011010 110110000 10101000 10110111 111111 11011111 1100110 11111110 1101101 111011000 10101000 10010111 011111 1100110 11111100111 1111101 1111111 11101100 10101000 10110111 111111010 0111101 111101 11010110 1101111 111011000 10101000 10110111 1100110 110110 11111010 11011111 111011101 111111100 10101000 10110111 11101111 1001111 1111111 10110110 10111001 1111011 10101000 10110111 110001111 10111111 11110011 1001111 10110100 11111010 10101000 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; les, de, je, des, la, vos are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bien is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word bois at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Printemps D'Hiver;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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