This is an analysis of the poem L'Âme that begins with:

J'ai dans mon coeur, j'ai sous mon front
Une âme invisible et présente : ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXX XXXX bXXX bXXX AXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11010011 11101100 111111011 10100110 11111110 110111111 1100111100 11110111 1111111 10111110 011011 10111111 1110110 11100110 1111110 11111111 11010011 11101100 111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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  • summary of L'Âme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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