This is an analysis of the poem Sérénade that begins with:

Sur le balcon où tu te penches
Je veux monter... efforts perdus ! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XbXb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011110 111101010 1011111110 10011110 111110 11101101 1110110 1111111 111111 1111101 10011011 1111110 11111 1011100 110011111 110111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Sérénade;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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