This is an analysis of the poem Corps Et Âmes that begins with:
Heureuses les lèvres de chair !
Leurs baisers se peuvent répondre ;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001101 11011101 11100101 110111010 10111101 11001010 111110111 1110110 101011110 11111011 1111111110 1011111 111111 1011111010 10100110 1001111 011011000 11011100 1011101100 111101111 1110011000 11110111 110101010 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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, ils are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word elles is repeated.
The author used the same word heureux at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Corps Et Âmes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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