This is an analysis of the poem Invitation À La Valse that begins with:

C'était une amitié simple et pourtant secrète :
J'avais sur sa parure un fraternel pouvoir,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX 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: 11100101101 101110110010 111111111001 101010111 110011110011 110011111010 111101101011 111100110111 11110111110 10110111010 111001111010 1100111101 1010101011 11101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; elle is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word te 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 Invitation À La Valse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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