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

Je connais le désespoir dans ses grandes lignes. Le désespoir n'a pas d'ailes, il ne se tient pas nécessairement à une table desservie sur une...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010111010010111011111111000110101110011101110101111010110010111101101110110111111111101101111101011110111011011111111011100101110101110110111001010101100101101111010010111001111111111010011110111011001011100111101011110111010110111011011101110010111010010110111110110110110111011110101011111011011011111110111110100111011101001011100101001101001111111111011111111110111111100111101010111111101001110110111110001011110111100101110101101001111110111110101111111101110001011101000010011010101010111010010111001111011111111111011111110111101011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 455
  • Amount of lines: 1
  • Average number of symbols per line: 2276 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 455
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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