This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet De La Petite Chérie that begins with:

Ma petite chérie est en tous points exquise.
Je n’imagine rien qui puisse en approcher....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XaXb bXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10110111110 111001111100 111110101110 111011110 111110010 111111111110 111111011110 11111011011 010111111001 0110110111111 111111111010 101111111101 1111110100010 1110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, elle are repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnet De La Petite Chérie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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