This is an analysis of the poem Être Aimé that begins with:

Écoute-moi. Voici la chose nécessaire :
Être aimé. Hors de là rien n'existe, entends-tu ? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXbbbXbXXXXcXXXXXXXXdeXdffXXXXXXXXXXXXeXXbdXXXXXccXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 63,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 11101110101 11110010110 11101111111 1011011111111111 11010011110 111111110110 1110111111110 1111111101001110 1110111011011 1101111011110 1011011111100 111100111001 1111011111 11011111110 1111110111111 0111001100101 11101110111 11011001101 10110101011 1001101011 11011111111111 100101100101 11111011110 111011011 0110110110101 11111011110010 110110011011 10101011111 11101111011 11010101011 101101100110 1111010110 1100110110 1011111111010 11101101110 0101110111111 1011110111 111110111111 101011100111 110101111011 101011101 1000111011 1110101111110 11010100110 101011010 110110101001 1111111111111111 11111110110 10111011100 10111110111110 111111101111111 111001110 100110001 11111111011 11111110111111 0111011010 101111101111 110101101011 111100111011 10111111011 1101111110 101111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 572
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • 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:

    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; c'est, me, que, je, le, on, un, est, pour, ceux are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tre, il are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tre, pas, vide, ant are repeated).

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

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