This is an analysis of the poem Après La Pluie that begins with:
J’aime la petite pluie
Qui s’essuie...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XabXXX XXXXXX XXXbXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXcXXX bXaaXX XXdXXd eXfaaf cXXXXX XXXXXX XXcXeX XXXXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011 11 110011 1010111 101 111110 111011 111 101110 1101 110 010110 110110 110 111111 10101 101 1101010 1111001 111 111100 111110 110 110001 1111111 111 111111 111001 1111 11111 1010100 100 100100 111100 10 10010 1011110 11 101110 1111111 110 111010 1111010 10 1100111 1111110 1110 1111010 111101 100 1110010 01010 10 110110 1101111 110 111011 1111111 111 1111111 101111 110 101010 1010111 111 1110111 10101110 10 111001 0101111 011 111101 1111110 1 1111001 1000111 110 1111100 1111111 011 111111 11110 11 1100110 101010 001 1101010 1111110 111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; grand, de, nom, ou, moi are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nom is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ches, re, e, te, coupes, se, ve are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase grain connects the lines.
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- summary of Après La Pluie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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