This is an analysis of the poem Le Beau Voyage that begins with:

Les trains rêvent dans la rosée, au fond des gares...
Ils rêvent des heures, puis grincent et démarrent... ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbXXaXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111110 11110110110 1111110111 11100100010 111111111001 11101101011010 111010110100 111111011001 11110110011 10101110100 101010100111 1001110001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; qui, leurs are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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