This is an analysis of the poem Hermina that begins with:
J'atteignais l'âge austère où l'on est fort en thème,
Où l'on cherche, enivré d'on ne sait quel parfum, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111101111 111101111110 1001010100111 100 10111011010 10100111010 1100101111010 11 101101110 10110111010 111110010011 1 10111111111 111111101101 11011100101101 10 111111011110101 100110111011 111011100 10
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; je is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Hermina;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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