This is an analysis of the poem Ne Me Sois Pas Marâtre, Ô Nature Chérie that begins with:

Ne me sois pas marâtre, ô nature chérie,
Redonne un peu de sève à la plante flétrie...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXbXX XcdXeX XbeXXX XXfXXX XXfdXX cXXXXX XeXXgX XXXgXX XXfXaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 101101111 1111110 11001111111 1101111011 1111110 111010101001 111011111 100101 1111110111011 1111111111 101011 101111010110 101011011001 110100 11011101010 111101101 010100 110111101010 1011011111 1111111 101110011110 1011011001000 11110 11101111100 111010110110 11011 111111001 101011101 100110 101110111101 0101111011 110110 1011111101 10111010111 110110 1011001011110 110110101110 111110 11101110101 1111011110 11111 1110101101 1010110001 11111 111010111110 111111011 111100 110111011111 0111111110111 101110 11111011 01110110110 11110 10101110111 1111111111 111111 11111111010 10010100001 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; de, qui, les are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ne Me Sois Pas Marâtre, Ô Nature Chérie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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