This is an analysis of the poem A Ma Fille Adèle that begins with:

Tout enfant, tu dormais près de moi, rose et fraîche,
Comme un petit Jésus assoupi dans sa crèche ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110101111 11101100111 11101111110 111001101011 11010011101 010100 11010111110 11111001011110 100110111011 1111101110010 11111100110110 11100111 111110010111 1110111110 1111001111010 111101101010 1011111011 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines che is repeated).

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  • summary of A Ma Fille Adèle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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