This is an analysis of the poem Ô Vin! that begins with:

Jardin habité par le suave Ariel
Où viennent se griser de parfum et de miel...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XbcX dXXX XXcX XXXc aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XXdX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101100 1101110010101 11001111100 11111111100 1100110110 110010010010 111100100111 111101111100 101011100011 1110111010 10100111010 11111000 1010011111 111000111 1001001110 110101100 10010111100 10111011101 11110101011 111110111010 1100010010 01011010110 111100110010 110110101 1111011101 10111001101 100111110100 1101111100 10001011111 101111010 110101110111 110101111010 10110110110 11101011110 1111011111 1111011110 010101111011 11110111010 100110111 11110111111 11111100011 100111010 11110101100 1111010010 111100110 11110111011 101111010101 110101011 10101110 11110100010 1111110100 11100101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; et, de, mon, le are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word quand is repeated.

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

  • summary of Ô Vin!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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