This is an analysis of the poem Tournesol that begins with:

La voyageuse qui traverse les Halles à la tombée de l'été
Marchait sur la pointe des pieds...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110110101100010000 1011111 0100001011111011 1101101111011011001 110100011001 11011100001110 1111 1101001101 1111110101111101 1011101010000100 1011111111100100 11010110011100 1111100010111 1101110100011100 11000110001010 110100110010 11101101110 10001010110000100 11100001110 11100010111100 11011100111011100 11001011100011100 1111111010 1110110110110 111000 11111011010100 1100101101110010 1110001111001 11001111000 10010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 265
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word les is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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