This is an analysis of the poem Le Forgeron (The Blacksmith) that begins with:
Le bras sur un marteau gigantesque, effrayant
D'ivresse et de grandeur, le front large, riant...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,13,17,21,23,32,23,2,1,13,13,13,17,21,23,32,23,26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011110100100 1010010111 11101010111 110111110110 01001010111 101111110110 11110110111 101110111011 111101011010 1101111011100 1101011101 1010011111011 11010011110 110111110111 1110111110110 010101101100 11100110101 01010101001 111011110110 110111101 1111101110110 111100101110 1110011111 1101011100110 110110110111 11011011111 111111111111110 1101101111000 111110011101 111010110001 100010100111 11011111011 01110111101 0101101101 0111011110110 101000110010 111101010111 111101111 111101111110 1111110011111111 11111111110 1011111010 1110110011 110111111011 1110111011 1111011111101 1110111111110 1111111010 1100111100 1100110111 1110110100110 1010101111100 11101111010 1100110110111 11110011011 110110111101 11101100110 1011111011 111101110110 11101101 111011010 10111111001 11011010111 1001001011 1101111111 11001111110 1100101111100 111101101100 110110101101 11010111110 110100101101 1011101111 10111010010 11111101101 100110111001 11011110101 11101111011 11011111011 0111001111 11101111001 11100110110 1111101100110 111111001011 101110011 111111111110 111110111011 1011001101100 1111100111100 111110110011 11001101010101 10101010100 100101001010 1111001111011 111000111010 110111100100 1111100101100 111010011101 11001111111 111101111010 1110111011101 11011110010 1011101111101 110110111111 11100101101 1011110111 10111111001 1101110101010 11010101010 11111011 111111010 1010010 10000000000000001110 10011101010 10011101101111 11111001101101 11110011100 1111101111000 1110111101110 110111101110 110101101111 1110111110 1011011100 10111111 11101011111 1111101100111 111101111101 11010010111 100110111010 11101111110 100011101101 1110101111 11101111110 111100111011 10011111111 111011101011 101101111111 110101010110 111110111010 111000101001 1100101100110 1001111011010 11001111110 111010110101 11101111111100 110110110011 11111011101 11010011110 011001001110 01010011010 111011011010 111000100101 100010111011 1111100110110 110101111010 110110110010 1110111110010 111011111101101 0101011 0110010101010 0111001110 1011001101 010001110011 0111010001 01011011010 10110111010 10111001110 11010100101 0101011101 11110111 1011110111 1111011111 1111111111 11011101010 010110000011 11001010101 1101110101 1001010011 111110101 11110111111 111101100 1111010111 010011100111 1101110001 110111111 1110101110 1011111101 11010100101 00101110001 0101001001 01001101100 01111101 01010010101 1110010110 11101001010 010101010001 10010101101 11001101110 111111100101 1011101010 10100110010 1111111110 110100101110 11111101110 0110011101 1110010100 111101101 110101101 1101011001 1011011010 10001011010 1111110110 11111101010 111110101 1111101101 1110000110 010011111110 1111110001 11010101001 110101011010 010101001010 11010110011 1001101010 1111111010 11100111110 111110011 1110101010 1111110101 110011011 0010110101101 11110111010 101110010101 1101011101 1011011101 1011011101 11111100010 11111111000 0101011001 1111010101 0101010111 11100110101 1101011110110 101011010010 10111111111 111010010011 1110110101 010011110101 11001010111 0111111101 1011011101 10110100101 1111101111 11101001101 10010101101 110101101 111110111 110011101 1111111111 11100101010 11011101010 110111010 101111011 1001011111 1011011101 011011101 00100110111 0101011111 0110101011 001101100101 110100 110110 1001101010 11111010110 10111110001 1111110100 1110100100 111011111 11010101101 01110010101 1110010111 010010110100 11101111 010111101 1101010001 11101011 110011111 11111001 01111101 1000011111 1111110101 111011111 11010110011 111111111 1011101010 111111111 11010101011 0101110101 110101001 01010110110 11011100100 110110101 1100010111 10100101010 1110011110 1111110111 0111111010 00101011101 11010010101 001011010100 1111111110 100100101010 11111011010 101111111 100101111010 110101001010 101111110010 111111010 11110110010 1111111111 1110010101 1111111111 0110111111 1111101001 0011011101 1111010101 110101111 1001111110 01011011101 11110001101 1111101111 11001011 01 111101111 10111111 110110101 0101001100 100110101 101011011 0111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 800
- Average number of words per stanza: 144
- Amount of lines: 339
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; le, nous, avions, de, tu, tes, te, et, les, o, ses, leur, que, with, on, our, to, that, you, your, its, we, i, of, their, and, great are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, tu, tes, et, nous, o, the, to, but, you, your, we, i, with are repeated.
The author used the same words 'oh, oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines te, plats, you are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase moi connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Le Forgeron (The Blacksmith);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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