This is an analysis of the poem Dans Le Jardin that begins with:

Jeanne et Georges sont là. Le noir ciel orageux
Devient rose, et répand l'aurore sur leurs jeux ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXbXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXccXXXXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011011100 1011110111 1101010110 110110111000 10011010110 1001110110110 111101110 0111010111 011010011101 111111110010 1100110110 110111111110 11111111100 1101110110 0110100111110 100110110110 10101010111 1100111011 1101101111100 111110110111 1110110111 10110110110 10111011110 10110110111 1111111011010 011110101101 01001010110 1101001111100 1111110110 01110110111 11011010111 1111011111 111011110001 11110011110 1011111110 11111111100 111111110 11101111010 11111110111 1011101111 110110010111 111011111010 1001111111111 110111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 394
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; c'est, du, et, la, tout, est, de, les are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words c'est, de, la are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Dans Le Jardin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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