This is an analysis of the poem La Chimère that begins with:
Une jeune chimère, aux lèvres de ma coupe,
Dans l'orgie, a donné le baiser le plus doux ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 1101010011 11011111111 100110101101 11101011 1101001110111 110101101101 10011111111 1111010110 1111110111110 101111110 11110111101 1100111110 1110001010 10111111101 11111111110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of La Chimère;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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