Itwasperfectlysimpleandnatural。Thepoemmightformthesubjectofadramaoramusicalcantata。ThelamentationsofMargueriteonherblindnessremindoneofMilton’sheart-rendingwordsonthesamesubject：”Forothers，dayandjoyandlight，Forme，alldarkness，alwaysnight。”[4]
Sainte-Beuve，incriticisingJasmin’spoems，saysthat”Itwasin1835thathistalentraiseditselftotheeminenceofwritingoneofhispurestcompositions——natural，touchinganddisinterested——hisBlindGirlofCastel-Cuille，inwhichhemakesusassistinafete，amidstthejoysofthevillagers；andatthegriefofayounggirl，afianceewhomasevereattackofsmallpoxhaddeprivedofhereyesight，andwhomherbetrothedloverhadabandonedtomarryanother。”Thegriefofthepoorabandonedgirl，herchangesofcolour，herattitude，herconversation，herprojects——thewholesurroundedbythefreshnessofspringandthelaughingbrightnessoftheseason——exhibitsacharacterofnatureandoftruthwhichveryfewpoetshavebeenabletoattain。
Oneisquitesurprised，onreadingthissimplepicture，tobeinvoluntarilycarriedbacktothemostexpressivepoemsoftheancientGreeks——toTheocritusforexample——fortheMargueriteofJasminmaybecomparedwiththeSimethaoftheGreekpoet。Thisistruepoetry，richfromthesamesources，andgildedwiththesameimagery。InhisnewcompositionsJasminhasfollowedhisownbias；thisman，whohadfewbooks，butmeditateddeeplyinhisheartandhisloveofnature；
andhefollowedthewayoftrueartwithsecretandperseveringlabourinwhatappearedtohimthemosteloquent，easy，andhappymanner……”Hislanguage，”Sainte-Beuvecontinues，”isalwaysthemostnatural，faithful，transparent，truthful，eloquent，andsober；
neverforgetthislastcharacteristic。Heisnevermorehappythanwhenhefindsthathecanborrowfromanartizanorlaboureroneofthosewordswhichareworthtenofothers。Itisthusthathisgeniushasrefinedduringtheyearsprecedingthetimeinwhichheproducedhisgreatestworks。Itisthusthathehasbecomethepoetofthepeople，writinginthepopularpatois，andforpublicsolemnities，whichremindoneofthoseoftheMiddleAgesandofGreece；thushefindshimselftobe，inshort，morethananyofourcontemporaries，oftheSchoolofHorace，ofTheocritus，orofGray，andallthebrilliantgeniuseswhohaveendeavouredbystudytobringeachoftheirworkstoperfection。”[5]